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Enderet
12-16-2003, 05:50 PM
Hello everyone :) :D

Well I am looking for a notebook and I have looked for a passively cooled notebook and havent found a single one yet. I was wondering if any of you could tell me whether they exist or not. I know that passively cooled Tablet PCs exist, but I am looking for a notebook. If anyone can help me out here it would be greatly appreaciated.
Janak Parekh
12-16-2003, 06:55 PM
If I remember correctly, the 12" Aluminum Powerbook is passively cooled... but it runs really hot.

--janak
David Prahl
12-16-2003, 10:45 PM
If I remember correctly, the 12" Aluminum Powerbook is passively cooled... but it runs really hot.

--janak

I think he wants a computer, not an Apple. :lol:
Janak Parekh
12-17-2003, 12:15 AM
I think he wants a computer, not an Apple. :lol:
:twak: ;) The previous Apples weren't computers, but an OS X-based machine is, finally.

--janak
maximus
12-17-2003, 02:12 AM
heh, I always thought that apple is a fruit. :mrgreen:
Janak Parekh
12-17-2003, 02:22 AM
heh, I always thought that apple is a fruit. :mrgreen:
Don't talk until you've actually licked a PowerBook. :razzing:

--janak
mrkablooey
12-17-2003, 12:11 PM
If I remember correctly, the 12" Aluminum Powerbook is passively cooled... but it runs really hot.

--janak

are you using it on a table, or on your "lap" ? I know it tends to run hot w/o much circulation, but there IS a fan in there IIRC. I know my iBook fan only comes on when it's been in my lap for an extended period of time, but on a table it doesn't ever come on unless I'm downloading large files for an extended period of time.
Janak Parekh
12-17-2003, 05:21 PM
are you using it on a table, or on your "lap" ? I know it tends to run hot w/o much circulation, but there IS a fan in there IIRC.
I don't have one, and don't use one. I'm just replicating what I've heard from others (about the heat). That said, a quick :google: confirms what you say. Oh well. :|

That said, as you imply, G4s generate less heat than their P4 counterparts... although I'd be interested in a power output comparison between G4s and Centrinos.

--janak
mrkablooey
12-18-2003, 04:08 AM
Good question about the power. Apples are supposed to be the "ULEV*" of the computer world ;)


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