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In keen anticipation of a long hot summer, I'm thinking of acquiring
one of those laptop coolers. They appear on Trademe from anything for
$10 to >$70. Never actually seen one in operation though.
Does anyone use one, and care to comment re their effectiveness?

Thanks in advance ............. L.

I recommend them. I'm not a power user, but they do seem to reduce the
temperature of the laptop, and the displayed temperature of - I'm not sure
what; the CPU? - when I use a temperature measurement utility. They are
cheap. Their disadvantage is that they can be a bit noisy. But when that's a
problem you can just pull the USB out, no fuss.
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"Lukagain Cos ThistleBounce" <> wrote in message
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> In keen anticipation of a long hot summer, I'm thinking of acquiring
> one of those laptop coolers. They appear on Trademe from anything for
> $10 to >$70. Never actually seen one in operation though.
> Does anyone use one, and care to comment re their effectiveness?
>
> Thanks in advance ............. L.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:51:41 +0100, "Hank Scorpio"
<> wrote:

>I recommend them. I'm not a power user, but they do seem to reduce the
>temperature of the laptop, and the displayed temperature of - I'm not sure
>what; the CPU? - when I use a temperature measurement utility. They are
>cheap. Their disadvantage is that they can be a bit noisy. But when that's a
>problem you can just pull the USB out, no fuss.
Did yours claim to be quiet? I see some on trademe do.
Thanks for replying

Neither of the coolers I bought claim to be quiet. But you wouldn't notice
the noise most of the time. They were very cheap; I paid about NZ$5 for the
one I use now, but I bought that in Thailand. Perhaps the pricier ones are
quieter.


"Lukagain Cos ThistleBounce" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:51:41 +0100, "Hank Scorpio"
> <> wrote:
>
>>I recommend them. I'm not a power user, but they do seem to reduce the
>>temperature of the laptop, and the displayed temperature of - I'm not sure
>>what; the CPU? - when I use a temperature measurement utility. They are
>>cheap. Their disadvantage is that they can be a bit noisy. But when that's
>>a
>>problem you can just pull the USB out, no fuss.
> Did yours claim to be quiet? I see some on trademe do.
> Thanks for replying