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Why your laptop overheats on your lap

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Calling it a portable lap computer is a fundamental engineering lie. Placing the main cooling intake directly on the bottom chassis guarantees that actually using it on your lap, bed, or couch instantly suffocates the machine, turning it into a violently wheezing space heater.

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