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AlanS17:
My experience with laptops is that if you leave it running with the screen closed it overheats. Now maybe they don't all do that, but mine have. They expect the screen to be open, and a lot of the heat is actually released right through the keyboard. You just apparently never notice it.
I hated having my laptop go to sleep when I closed it so I turned that functionality off. Six months later, I had to replace the hard drive. I don't think it's coincidence, though, because it got to a point where I couldn't even pick it up because it was getting so hot.
Jess--:
if you are looking for a laptop that handles its heat well have a look at the acer aspire 13xx series
I have one of the aspire 1312 units and that handles being left on in direct sun (30+ deg c) for 8 hours per day during the summer for me.
(the laptop was running music and dmx lighting on a ride that I run during the summer here http://www.flyinhigh.co.uk) all in all hovering at about 50% cpu load constantly
shardian:
My old 333mhz toshiba's screen did not turn on until the lid was opened about an inch or so. I'm pretty sure Dells are the same way, because you can plug them into a docking station fully closed and they work just like a desktop pc.
AlanS17:
Well it's not the screen that's producing so much heat for me. I have a Dell Latitude and it makes monstrous amounts of heat. Just resting my hands on the keys, I can feel the heat rising. I don't know. Maybe it's just this laptop. I never turn it off, though. And for some reason it doesn't hibernate properly anymore. I just don't care enoguh to fix that issue.
Jess--:
most laptops kill the screen when you close the lid, min included.
in most cases as long as the lid does not block vents for the cpu fan intake / outlet the laptop shouldnt overheat