On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:29 PM, James Nzomo <
kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> @Alvin.
> "Get a probook if you need that kind of power on HP...you have been warned
> !!" ProBook? For gaming?
> You recommend a business laptop that spots mostly HD Graphics 3000 for
> gaming?
>
> @Kioko. HP and Dell have laptops that you can use like that. HP ProBooks and
> Dell Inspirons are good examples... cover their ventilation ports and they
> won't even complain.
> However, TOP NOTCH models (e.g high end Pavilions and the more advanced
> Alienwares) sacrifice that kind of convenience to bring you TOP NOTCH
> GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE (THAT GENERATES ALOT OF HEAT IN THE PROCESS).
> It doesn't matter what laptop brand it is, if it sports high performance
> graphics hardware, the laptop will be a furnace and it will require
> extraordinary cooling and care.
>
> A good example would be those that feature nVIDIA 9600M GT. This card was
> used on a number of 2009 era Pavilion dvs and MacBook Pros.
> MacBook Pro Heat Issues with the same card:-
>
>
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1922027?start=0&tstart=0
>
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1097679
>
> Pavilion Heat Issues with the same card
>
>
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/dv5-9600-GT-Temperature-figures/td-p/320193
>
> SUMMARY
> If it has high-end hardware, it will tend to generate heat no matter what
> the make.
> Their owners will panic coz of the heat but the heat is well
> within manageable levels for a high end laptop.
> The engineers made certain of that.
> Just avoid interfering with cooling and you will be fine.
> But recommending that these machines should be powered 3 to 4 hrs a day is
> nothing but misadvice.
> NUF SAID.
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>
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> 2011/10/29 Alvin Jason Ochieng <
ajochola@gmail.com>
>>
>> James,
>>
>> Get a probook if you need that kind of power on HP...you have been warned
>> !!
>>
>> On 10/29/11, Dennis Kioko <
dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Now, HP and Dell by now should have known that we are likely to use our
>> > laptops on bed, or on our laps, and should have come up with a solution
>> > to
>> > cover for this
>> >
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