[ltp] X60s overheating??

[Philip Tricca]

> All in all, my questions are these:
> 
> - What is your experience with this laptop's "design". Does it get
> uncomfortably hot to touch the cover, and use the keyboard, as some of
> these testimonies suggest?

My x60 does get hot and the heat is concentrated under the right
palm-rest. The heat isn't an issue when the laptop isn't running on AC
power though. And really, it's not that bad.

> - I've even seen someone blaming the wireless card for the heat
> problems (couldn't find the link now), so I guess we have the CPU
> itself, the hard disk and the wireless card as possible "suspects".
> What are your opinions on this??

I only installed the ipw3945 software last night and the heat was
noticeable long before so I'm inclined to believe the wireless NIC isn't
at fault. I ran Fedora Core5 on it for a week and I noticed that FC5
seemed to be accessing the hard disk almost constantly. As you can
imagine the heat was much worse. I'm running Debian Etch now and the
heat seems to be less of an issue.

> - Do you think this laptop can be used comfortably while the CPU is at
> 100% (maybe it's not its normal function, but I occasionally may have
> to run long simulations in this thing). What is your experience on CPU
> intensive performance??

The x60 doesn't lack in horsepower. I compiled the 2.6.18.3 kernel last
night and she chewed through it like a workstation.

> - Do you recommend an alternative within the ThinkPad line for someone
> concerned about heat problems? I've also been flirting with the T60,
> the lightest one (I think it is about 2kg or 5lbs., far from the X60
> though)... Any suggestions??

My previous laptop was a T40. From what you describe (long running
simulations) you may be better off with something like the T60. I
purchased the x60 for it's size (I travel constantly) and I'm very
pleased that it's got some horsepower too.

Hope this info is of some use. Good luck with your purchase.

Cheers,
- Philip