>> Is it a fact of life in Thinkpad land that no matter how one >> configures their Thinkpad, one's pristine meditation chamber must >> still be marred by fan noise every few minutes, at least with model >> r50e? L> R51: No fan at all (except on startup while BIOS-POST) for 6 hours Well, OK, but what's the longest anybody has kept the fan off with the r50e?