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The most important reason not to use those hot PC laptops!
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Art Vandelay
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Nov 22, 2002, 07:33 PM
 
If you ever thought Apple's portables were hot, you ain't seen nothing compared to this.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/11/22/o...eut/index.html

Ouch!
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Nov 22, 2002, 07:46 PM
 
Sun tanning lamps can do the same thing. The heat rises so GRADUALLY you are not aware of it until it's too late; you fall asleep and next thing you know you are red as a lobster and your pee-wee is crispy fried. This is an outrage. I just hope the poor little scientist guy is still able to have some children. Thank God his thingy did not just fall off. This should be a WAKE up call to Ti users everywhere. Thanks for keeping us all informed of this tragic and unfortunate incident.
     
Aykew
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Nov 22, 2002, 08:13 PM
 
That's... the most bizzare thing I've read all month!

At least powerbooks have the processors and the little pad for the heatsink in back! (You'd have to be in a pretty strange position to have that over your private bits, don't you think?)

Of course, be careful not to burn anything else while burning DVDs!
     
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Nov 22, 2002, 08:40 PM
 
We are sure this isn't a powerbook, right? It didn't actually say it was a windows machine. Talk about bad press...

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