Mine has a fan in it. If you were doing intese stuff, the fan may speed up, but for the most part, mine is very quiet. Because I have it on a board, the vents are always open. If you put it on your lap, you close the opening to the fan, on the bottom, and it will heat up. Just having the board helps circulate the air. There are things to cool it down with fans that run on the USB connector. I met a guy in the store that was talking about bidding on a real expensive Gibson guitar on eBay, but didn't get it. When I asked him what he did to support his collecting habit, he told me that he invented the lapinator. See: http://www.lapinator.com/index.php I don't think it has fans, just insulation and a board. There are lots of things out there like it. I just glued vinyl down to a piece of 3/8" plywood I had in the garage, stretched it and stapled it on the bottom. Then I put felt on the bottom, to protect the tables from scratches from the staples. Works fine and gives me a place off to the side that I can use the mouse on. I'll attach a picture of this message using it. Mine never really heats up because I use the board. Any computer needs to be blown out with compressed air once in a while, or use a shop vac inside a tower. This should be done every 3 to 6 months, just to help with the heat. My house is protected by killer dust bunnies..... so I clean the computers often. JC --- John Christensen Saint Charles, IL On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:31 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Heat? I don't have a lap top but the people I know that do, have some > sort of flat fan board that it sits on. Ray said that his runs all day in > the heat, from concerns I've heard I think that's commendable. > I've heard that after a few hours it needs to cool down. But that's > hearsay. > -Staten Island Frank- > > In a message dated 10/15/2009 9:30:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Why is a laptop a compromise? > >
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