Karen: My HP Pavilion dv9000 will be five (5) years old next month. Used virtually every day; CAD, data crunching, lotsa graphics; in the office in the field; never so much as a hiccup, never ran hot. Having said that now, of course ...
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Laptops and RBase forms > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 8:20 am > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > Brad: I've always been leery of HP, guess it goes back to the whole Compaq > thing.. Do you remember how much you paid for it? > > Karen > > > In a message dated 3/23/2012 10:10:41 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I’ve had various laptops from different manufacturers over the years, and > > though you’re not asking for recommendations, all I can say is I’m very > > happy with my current laptop purchased about 6 months ago. > > > > > > > > One of the things that’s important to me is what you mentioned: how hot > > the cpu runs and how long it takes to cool down before bagging it ( I work > > remotely most of the time). > > > > > > > > My current laptop is an I7 Intel processor, 6 gb RAM, 750 gb HD, 17” > > screen, and runs cool – I can turn it off after using it over 8 hours and > > feel > > no appreciable heat (and the fan is not on/off). I purposely did not buy > > the most high powered laptop in the line because it ran hotter and had a > > very > > bulky power adapter. HP Pavillion dv-7 6b63 is what I happen to have, but, > > am not committed to an OEM, just the requirements I have. > > > > > > > > Maybe this helps in your considerations. > > > > > > > > Brad Davidson > > > >
