Re: How old is your computer? Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim … is flakey. I bought the two laptops after having a positive experience with two laptops that were purchased years ago for my… Re: How does Microsoft defender operate? Hardware and Software Information Security by Reverend Jim … updated. I have been running nothing but Defender on my laptops and the various machines I support for family/friends and… Laptops Community Center by Annaliese Hello, I am a new laptop user and im wondering if you leave you laptop on all the time, like you can a PC will it over heat? Im wondering if the fans are strong enough in the laptops to cope with them being on for long periods like this??? Thanks to all who reply :) Re: Laptops Community Center by RwCC From what I have always read, you shouldn't leave laptops on for prolonged periods of time. The fans generally wouldnt be able to cool the system as well as a workstation, there just wouldnt be the room. Re: Laptops Community Center by christina>you Eh, if the laptops were prone to overheating, the companies would never make money … Re: Laptops Community Center by Infarction Actually, laptops used to be prone to overheating. Especially the ones that … Re: Laptops Community Center by christina>you [quote=Infarction;342584]Actually, laptops used to be prone to overheating. Especially the ones that had powerful desktop CPUs in them (e.g. Pentium 4s instead of Pentium Ms).[/quote] Yeah, they [I]used[/I] to be. But not now. Re: Laptops Community Center by jbennet yeah ive got pentium 3 and 4 m laptops and they all overheat after a period of time Re: Laptops Community Center by hungry_for_info …? Im wondering if the fans are strong enough in the laptops to cope with them being on for long periods like… Re: Laptops Community Center by jbennet yeah, i use a table mat. also most laptops have a setting to clock the speeds down e.g 2.3ghz to 1.7ghz - this helps reduce heat alot and improve battery life Laptops for sale Community Center by nizzy1115 I've got 4 older nec versa laptops with pentium 133 processors and 48mb ram and 2 gb … doezen extra 16 mb ram sticks that fit in these laptops as well as about 20 wireless b linksys pcmcia cards… Laptops and External Peripherals Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by raksasas …. Does anyone know of an easy way to handle this? Laptops are running xp pro with domain user rights. Laptops looses power when video is connected Hardware and Software Hardware by swmartinez … back plug in a external monitor and power it up. Laptops boots into Windows and works fine with external monitor. 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A have a friend who (used to) have an AMD64 processor in his laptop. It had a 17" screen, battery life for around 1 hour, wicked fun... :twisted: But going back to the original topic, modern laptop owners have nothing to worry about … Re: Laptops Community Center by jbennet yeah it does, my p3m thinkpad overheated alot and i put some arctic silver (high end paste) on it and now its just warm, not boiling Re: Laptops Community Center by Infarction >A have a friend who (used to) have an AMD64 processor in his laptop. It had a 17" screen, battery life for >around 1 hour, wicked fun... :twisted: Yeah, this guy I know has dual P4 3.6's in his Alienware box. It's really a portable desktop, I'd not want it on my lap :p Re: Laptops Community Center by christina>you I don't own a laptop myself, but I think I'll be getting one at graduation. I'm thinking about a Sony Vaio... anyone have it? Re: Laptops Community Center by Infarction I've heard lots of good things about the Vaio. One of my friends has one, and it seems to work pretty well for her. Re: Laptops Community Center by christina>you Niiice... I really like them. Re: Laptops Community Center by christina>you Interesting... Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by server_crash … horrors of Dell. [quote] Server_crash, you mentioned you like Alienware laptops. What are your reasons? [/quote] Well, first of all, I… lower tech specs. It's sad stuff. Both of those laptops stay pretty cool. My dead dell overheated very quickly and… Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by server_crash Please don't use that word in your last sentence. Anyway, I prefer alienware laptops. We've had a few gateways and nothing went wrong with them ever. Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by belama I have an Acer laptop since almost 3 years ago and I've never had a problem with it... and like server_crash said, Alienware laptops are pretty good. Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by alc6379 … choice is as such; Server_crash, you mentioned you like Alienware laptops. What are your reasons? Personally, I don't like the… Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by BeastOverlordH6 … like a curse or something. Agreeably, Alienware does make fun laptops. Very sleek, well-performing devices. :cheesy: However, I care little… Re: Laptops, Laptops, Laptops (",) Community Center by alc6379 … lower tech specs. It's sad stuff. Both of those laptops stay pretty cool. My dead dell overheated very quickly and…