From: "JaneL" 

"Don Hills" wrote:

> You mean they don't put flip-down feet on laptops any more?
> Granted, the last one I bought (this one) was a 486-vintage Thinkpad.
>

No, the TPs don't have that anymore, but the T40 I'm using now has a ridge
that runs along the back to raise it up about a half a pencil's diameter to
keep it from laying flat on a surface.

I don't use any kind of cooler on any of mine.  When I'm using them,
they're usually balanced on a knee or on a port replicator either one of
which allows plenty of ventilation.  When I'm not actively using them,
they're sitting on the floor (not as far to fall that way) propped up
either on the front edges like a tent or on the side edges (the side
*without* the vent holes, please) like a book - plenty of air circulation
so they stay cool while they run one of the BOINC projects.  I almost never
turn them off.  I just hibernate as I go back and forth to work.

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