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They are f%%%ing overheating. Latitudes, Precisions, Alienwares, HPs ZBooks and Elitebooks, all of them have a barely good enough heatsink on the CPU, and often
by jotm 6y ago
They are f%%%ing overheating. Latitudes, Precisions, Alienwares, HPs ZBooks and Elitebooks, all of them have a barely good enough heatsink on the CPU, and often GPU. I dunno about Lenovos, tbf.
Having those chips run at 95+ degrees most of the time (when doing serious work for which the laptops were designed) and depending on Intel's built in thermal throttling (A. Last. Resort. Measure!) is ridiculous.
Dell has even been smartassing it with lower throttle thresholds, god forbid they use better cooling instead.
But hey, they save £1 on every heatsink, so F U, buy a new laptop when this one breaks!
Frankly I am sick of this. Just make proper heatsinks, I can personally come and shove a £2 coin up yours, thanks.
- snazz 6y agoWhile the MacBook Pro thermals are not frequently lauded for many of the same reasons, the metal unibody does make an effective heatsink. I'm not sure why that isn't standard with every expensive-ish laptop, given that most of the advantages of ThinkPad-style plastic are gone these days (since modern laptops aren't user-serviceable anyway).
- ben-schaaf 6y ago> I'm not sure why that isn't standard with every expensive-ish laptop I don't know about you, but I prefer my laptop to stay cool enough to stay on my lap and be able to type on. Plastic is a good enough insulator to keep the heat away from me, and it's pretty easy to find laptops with adequate heatsinks.