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Laptop recommendations

Subject: Laptop recommendations
From: colet at code-energy.com (Cole Tuininga)
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:02:55 -0400
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0405141053220.31952-100000@lear.morinfamily.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0405141053220.31952-100000@lear.morinfamily.com>

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 11:00, Duane Morin wrote:
> 	- heat.  The thing runs amazingly hot, to the point where I wonder 
> if my fans are working properly (although they are, I can hear them).

This seems to be a common complaint with Dell laptops as near as I can
tell.  I override the defaults by using the i8k utils package to fire
off my fans at lower temperatures than the defaults.

-- 
We are Linux.  Resistance is an indication that you have missed the 
point.

Cole Tuininga
Lead Developer
Code Energy, Inc
colet at code-energy.com
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References:
- Laptop recommendations
  - From: dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com (Duane Morin)

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