@Alvin. <div><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1">&quot;</font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Get a probook if you need that kind of power on HP</span></font></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><i>...you have been warned !!</i></font></span></b></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">&quot;</span></font></i> ProBook? For gaming? </div>

<div><div>You recommend a business laptop that spots mostly HD Graphics 3000 for gaming?</div><div><br clear="all"><font><font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br>

</span></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">@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&#39;t even complain.</span></span></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">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). </span><font><font><div>

<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">It doesn&#39;t matter what laptop brand it is, if it sports <u>high performance graphics hardware</u>, the laptop will be a furnace and it will require extraordinary cooling and care.</font></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">A good example would be those that feature nVIDIA 9600M GT. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">This card was u</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">sed on a number of 2009 era Pavilion dvs and MacBook Pros.</span></div>

</font></font><font><font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">MacBook Pro Heat Issues with the same card:-</font></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1922027?start=0&amp;tstart=0">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1922027?start=0&amp;tstart=0</a></span></li>

<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1097679">http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1097679</a></span></li></ul></div><div>

<br></div><div>Pavilion Heat Issues with the same card</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/dv5-9600-GT-Temperature-figures/td-p/320193">http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/dv5-9600-GT-Temperature-figures/td-p/320193</a></li>

</ul></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>SUMMARY</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>If it has high-end hardware, it will tend to generate heat no matter what the make.</b></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b>Their owners will panic coz of the heat but the heat is well within manageable levels for a high end laptop.</b></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b>The engineers made certain of that. </b></span></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b>Just avoid interfering with cooling and you will be fine.</b></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b>But recommending that these machines should be powered 3 to 4 hrs a day is nothing but misadvice.</b></span></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">NUF SAID.</span></span></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">_______________________________________________</span></span></font></div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div></font></font><div><font face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><span style="font-family: arial; "><font><font><font color="#006600" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b>Good judgement comes from Experience.</b></span></font></font></font><div>

<font face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><font color="#cc0000">Most of that comes from Bad Judgement.</font></b></span></font></div></span></font><div><div><font><font><font><div>

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</span></font></b></font></span></div></font></b></span></font></b></span></div></font></font></font></div></div></div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/29 Alvin Jason Ochieng <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ajochola@gmail.com">ajochola@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>

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James,<br><br>Get a probook if you need that kind of power on HP...you have been warned !!<br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>On 10/29/11, Dennis Kioko &lt;<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>

&gt; Now, HP and Dell by now should have known that we are likely to use our<br>&gt; laptops on bed, or on our laps, and should have come up with a solution to<br>&gt; cover for this<br>&gt;<br></div></div><div><div></div>

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