[ale] laptop cooling

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 17:49, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>I picked up one of these forced air cooling devices for laptops the 
>>other day.  I've just completed a little test and much to my surprise, 
>>it cools my quiescent laptop by 3 degrees C.  I find that pretty 
>>amazing, as that translates to what, about 6-7 degrees F.
> 
> 
> I have one of the laptop pads that has a few bumps on the back to give
> more airspace under the laptop. Plus it swivels so I can twirl it around
> and show the screen. Since it was only $20 and fits into my laptop case
> I had to try it. It does help keep the thinkpad from burning my lap.
> Since the battery is getting old, I didn't want anything powered to
> detract more from the dismal run time already.

Yeah, that would be the main downside, this thing has fans in it and is 
powered via usb.  It'll be interesting to see how much it reduces my 
battery uptime.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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