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I remember well when Toshiba did a poor job of putting the desktop version of Pentium 4 processors into laptops and there were a myriad of heat issues. Frankly,

I remember well when Toshiba did a poor job of putting the desktop version of Pentium 4 processors into laptops and there were a myriad of heat issues. Frankly, I've stayed clear since.

bitwize 11y ago
I had such a laptop. It had two huge fans on the bottom, weighed upwards of 10 pounds (much of that heatsink), and roared like a jet when the CPU was worked. It still saw about six years of faithful service.
- marincounty 11y ago
  P25-s607, and mine is still working, it's got to be 13 years old? I still use it for downloads. I actually thought it was a well built/designed computer. It was marketed as a laptop, but the minute I got it home, and set it up, I knew it was my new desktop. It's got to be the biggest, heaviest laptop they ever made? The only thing that failed was a hard drive, and it was an easy repair. Meaning they designed it to be worked on by us. That laptop has seen a lot of my life. Two failed relationships. Two great pit/bulldog mixes, and a bullmastiff. One of my dogs used to lick the screen every once in awhile. The screens on the fan openings needed cleaning with a vaccume. I remember buying it at circuit city for $2700
- turnip1979 11y ago
  I had many a thermal issue on my similar laptop. I too stayed clear of Toshiba after that experience.
tasdev 11y ago
I had a P30 back in the day. I paid a lot for it, maybe 4k AUD, but it was my main machine from my late teens to very early twenties. The thing was stupidly heavy, used to carry it to uni on a 6km walk to the bus stop... something like 5kg with the power pack or maybe even 5.5kg.... Must be why I'm still happy lugging around a MacBook Pro now when mostly everyone I know has moved on to ultrabook style machines. I remember making the mistake of playing NFS:Underground on it and it lasted 20 minutes on my bed before it overheated and turned itself off.

I remember well when Toshiba did a poor job of putting the desktop version of Pentium 4 processors into laptops and there were a myriad of heat issues. Frankly, I've stayed clear since.

bitwize 11y ago

I had such a laptop. It had two huge fans on the bottom, weighed upwards of 10 pounds (much of that heatsink), and roared like a jet when the CPU was worked. It still saw about six years of faithful service.

marincounty 11y ago
P25-s607, and mine is still working, it's got to be 13 years old? I still use it for downloads. I actually thought it was a well built/designed computer. It was marketed as a laptop, but the minute I got it home, and set it up, I knew it was my new desktop. It's got to be the biggest, heaviest laptop they ever made? The only thing that failed was a hard drive, and it was an easy repair. Meaning they designed it to be worked on by us. That laptop has seen a lot of my life. Two failed relationships. Two great pit/bulldog mixes, and a bullmastiff. One of my dogs used to lick the screen every once in awhile. The screens on the fan openings needed cleaning with a vaccume. I remember buying it at circuit city for $2700
turnip1979 11y ago
I had many a thermal issue on my similar laptop. I too stayed clear of Toshiba after that experience.

tasdev 11y ago

I had a P30 back in the day. I paid a lot for it, maybe 4k AUD, but it was my main machine from my late teens to very early twenties. The thing was stupidly heavy, used to carry it to uni on a 6km walk to the bus stop... something like 5kg with the power pack or maybe even 5.5kg.... Must be why I'm still happy lugging around a MacBook Pro now when mostly everyone I know has moved on to ultrabook style machines. I remember making the mistake of playing NFS:Underground on it and it lasted 20 minutes on my bed before it overheated and turned itself off.