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    Does X220 Get Hot on Lap with Battery?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by warcraft2, May 30, 2011.

  1. warcraft2

    warcraft2 Newbie

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    I need a laptop I can put on my lap and stays cool. I use my laptop to read and use the web. My current laptop gets so hot that I feel like its gonna cause problems with my balls. So I was wondering if it gets hot? I like the idea of aluminum body like the Mac's which i think stay cool? what do you think?
     
    warcraft2, May 30, 2011
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  2. Nick_r

    Nick_r Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yep, it does. I can feel the heat in my balls too.

    Not sure the MBPs stay cool either though.
     
    Nick_r, May 30, 2011
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    Duckfart Notebook Evangelist

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    General web , office apps , pdf and movies (2hr) My notebook has yet to be even warm.

    99% of the time its around 38-40 Celsius
     
    Duckfart, May 30, 2011
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    floz23 Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you kidding me? the x220 on battery, with regular usage barely goes above room temperature!
     
    floz23, May 30, 2011
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  5. Nick_r

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    Sorry, but I am not kidding.

    Browsing, running updates, doing downloads - my X220 gets uncomfortably hot. Fan is running on, quite noisy.

    On the other hand, I don't get the 6h of battery time either (only about 4) so maybe I am doing something wrong.
     
    Nick_r, May 30, 2011
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  6. zygomatic

    zygomatic Notebook Guru

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    The bottom of my x220 stays very cool with normal office work/browsing. Read the review on NBR for details.
     
    zygomatic, May 30, 2011
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  7. crun

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    my x220i runs cool unless i stress test it... its dead silent with new bios as well. god, this laptop is just too good for me :3
     
    crun, May 30, 2011
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  8. richan90

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    Well even when it hit almost 80 degrees (4K Stream + 1080p Stream) it felt slightly warm to the touch on the left bottom side. Nothing at all uncomfortable though
     
    richan90, May 30, 2011
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    Mine gets very warm at high loads, but for normal use, it's barely warm. A huge improvement over the W500.
     
    kpresler, May 30, 2011
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    I'm at about three and a half hours on the battery, and my temps (internal) are about 58 C. On my lap it's warm, but not uncomfortably so.
     
    tpdi, May 30, 2011
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    Didn't before bios 1.16 at all. Now gets warm with light duties.
     
    david1274, May 30, 2011
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  12. DinkinFlicka

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    Mine gets warm enough to notice while browsing the web. 9-cell battery. Getting about 10 hours.
     
    DinkinFlicka, May 30, 2011
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    Thors.Hammer, May 31, 2011
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  14. ZaZ

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    I'd say mine gets a bit warm, but never gets hot.
     
    ZaZ, May 31, 2011
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  15. nomad9

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    Mine sure does get warm. Even my eeepc netbook gets warm after prolonged use. Your lap isn't exactly ideal for heat dissipation. There's a reason manufacturers call their products "notebook" rather than "laptop".

    w.r.t. aluminium body, it's designed to keep cpu cool, not the exterior. basically it's just a gigantic heatsink. My 3-4+ y.o. MacBook Pro and PowerBook sure do get hot after using it for a while. (Newer Macs maybe cooler, I dunno)

    I'll either have some kind of lap desk between my lap and my notebook or I'll just put it on some other surface.

    For light reading / web browsing / youtube / etc, I find that tablets are most comfortable. :)
     
    nomad9, May 31, 2011
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