If you’re using the laptop as intended (i.e., on your lap), wouldn’t those be almost entirely blocked?

  • RadDevon@lemmy.zipOP
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    1 year ago

    How does it help though when the user inevitably uses it on their lap and covers those vents?

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      1 year ago

      I had the same thought as you before and one of my friends said “many people don’t call them ‘laptops’ anymore but instead call them notebooks”.

      I found that name very fitting. Barely anyone uses their (gaming) laptop on their lap anymore. Usually on a desk in a thing that holds the laptop up to ventilate.

      Note: I don’t know the exact name of it in English.

      • Kamikazimatt@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        The industry actually tried to get people to stop calling them laptops because people kept burning themselves badly in the early days of portable computers when they would get hot af