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Thread ID: 124840	2012-05-22 16:45:00	I Dunnow --- It's Like A Religion With Me ------------	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1276885	2012-05-22 16:45:00	I own a Eee-PC by ASUS, and so far I have religiously (get it?) NOT used it on my lap, the bedcovers or any other soft, compliant surface for fear of blocking the air holes. I always put a hard, note book or piece of wood under it - worst case: I use the top of my closed briefcase as a desktop during classes. The briefcase is only slightly padded and I don't fear totally suffocating the cooling fan(s) or air intake - not much, anyway. Am I being paranoid? How long can the netbook survive without 100% free-flowing air? One other salient question: Should I get the Win 7 'Upgrade' for it instead of running the 'Starter' version? Would it gonna cripple the poor lil' guy with too much for the processor and RAM to do? TIA.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1276886	2012-05-22 21:12:00	I don't very often use mine on a soft surface, but the times I do it seems fine. (I even let it finish a download or something in my bag sometimes. :p) As for Windows 7, mine came with Windows 7 Home Premium and is now running Professional, and it's fine. (That said, mine also came with 2GB RAM and a dual-core Atom. :D)	pcuser42 (130)
1276887	2012-05-22 21:23:00	I didn't know they had varying internals - firing it up right now to check the specs on mine. Windows 7 Starter w/SP1 Intel Atom CPU N270 @ 1.60 GHz 1 GB RAM 32 Bit OS Computer Description: asus_pc_1005hab I took the compartment door off a few months ago, and it doesn't appear to have slots for more RAM. Is there a 2GB RAM stick available?	SurferJoe46 (51)
1276888	2012-05-22 21:53:00	I didn't know they had varying internals - firing it up right now to check the specs on mine. What I didn't say was that my Eee is a 1215N, at the time the most powerful netbook available ;) Is there a 2GB RAM stick available? Well I have two in mine now, so yes :p	pcuser42 (130)
1276889	2012-05-22 22:01:00	Youse guys in Upsidedown Land! OK - all I know is that my netbook can render videos and movies (on a USB stick) a lot better than this di-o-sour (not misspelled) that I'm using right now. I just wish it had the sound system that this old tired SOYO Dragon does.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1276890	2012-05-22 22:24:00	You'll hear the fans kick in, they're not terribly quiet when running at full blast. Also, download speccy from www.piriform.com and it'll show you the temperature. Only start worrying when your CPU goes over 65 realistically.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1276891	2012-05-22 22:25:00	It's never a bad Idea to maintain airflow whether or not it can handle being sat on a soft surface, and unless you are missing features you desire to have is there really any need to upgrade starter? I know it has a few limitations but I believe you can still install and run any software you wish so what are you really missing?. As for it handling it, sure it will but it may be more sluggish if you turn on all the eye candy. Atoms are very low powered devices so heat should be less of an issue than with a more powerful laptop, I'd expect it to survive the occasional use in a non-optimal enviroment but it's really your call.	dugimodo (138)
1276892	2012-05-22 22:49:00	You'll hear the fans kick in, they're not terribly quiet when running at full blast. Also, download speccy from www.piriform.com and it'll show you the temperature. Only start worrying when your CPU goes over 65 realistically. It's never a bad Idea to maintain airflow whether or not it can handle being sat on a soft surface, and unless you are missing features you desire to have is there really any need to upgrade starter? I know it has a few limitations but I believe you can still install and run any software you wish so what are you really missing?. As for it handling it, sure it will but it may be more sluggish if you turn on all the eye candy. Atoms are very low powered devices so heat should be less of an issue than with a more powerful laptop, I'd expect it to survive the occasional use in a non-optimal enviroment9sic) but it's really your call. Thankfully I've never heard the fans going full blast. On my bass amplifier, yes a few times - but the netbook? Nope. I think I'll stay with the Starter version then - as I am quite happy with the unit as it sits. I can play videos from a USB (no optical drive here) and my YouTube experience is a lot better than my SOYO with all it's jerks and spooling. I have SPECCY, but haven't used it on the Eee-PC as of yet. That will now be changed. Thanks, youse guys!	SurferJoe46 (51)
1276893	2012-05-23 00:59:00	To me it only makes sense to allow for the best airflow. I have heard of netbooks etc getting almost clog with fluff because of the way they are used.	mikebartnz (21)
1276894	2012-05-23 07:29:00	I think people sometimes underestimate that some chips are designed to withstand high temps. Eg, my video card will get up to over 100deg C before the fan starts to ramp up a lot. Granted, it's not going to last as long, but it could be 10 years instead of 30 - probably far beyond how long you're going to be using it for... Other things to take in to account: ambient temperature? is the CPU/GPU under load? (if not, then it won't need much cooling at all) How dusty is your environment? (gonna get clogged up faster in your bedroom than in an aircon / air filtered office environment) Does the fan go to maximum often? (probably need to give it better airflow) ... Yeah... I'm probably over analysing things. Long and short is, I wouldn't be too concerned. However, I WOULD be concerned if I had, what, a quad Core i7 something-or-rather laptop encoding video all day - you'd definitely want to give that a lot of airflow.	forrest44 (754)
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