> > Do all laptops overheat your lap? The old prehistoric, non-internet, no battery lapdtop that I used to use to play games always did. This one never seems to get *that* hot, but I notice it.
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> Mine does. That's why I try to use something as a 'lap desk' to keep my lap from getting hot and to keep the laptop from overheating.
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> Here's a thought. Why do they call it a 'LAPtop' if you can't put it on your lap without singing the hair off of your legs from the heat?
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> > I think I just made a sentimental comment. Could it be because this is my birthday? People get sentimental about birthdays, but I have had so many of them, I don't think it's that big of a deal. I really don't feel a day over 72, which is strange, because yesterday I *was* 72.
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> Happy birthday!! It's very ironic that today is your birthday, because it's my day of birth too! Though I can't speak for much- I only turned 20, where you turned 73. Congrats on another year!
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> Po"the oldest I've ever been"im

Jumping on the bandwagon...Happy birthday to both of you! =)

About the laptops - my new Dell laptop was pretty good about not getting very heated at all at first, and I loved it for that. But later, when it gets a lot older, it starts to get warmer and warmer. I usually try to keep in elevated so the heat doesn't ruin anything. Also, I read about a study online that says that laptops on the lap are actually very counter-productive (literally). I don't know if that's true, but it's rather scary.

Of course, my Dell laptop almost got its battery recalled, so I don't know how reliable it is about the overheating (batteries are being recalled because some laptops apparently *exploded*. No joke.) stuff and all.

~Crystal"Happy birthday, again! I haven't even reached 20, lucky people..."109