I'll be buying a new computer...

[daydreamer]

If it gets really hot,you might use it for barbecue steaks,instead your thighs:),I had gaming laptop that got very hot
I agree its a good choice use iPad instead as long its battery works , I have 3 android tablets
Good to also use one as alarm clock beside bed,saving phones battery some,because most electricity when display is turned on

[zedd151]

If it gets really hot,you might use it for barbecue steaks,instead your thighs:

no, I kept it on a table. It didn't get severely hot, but would have been uncomfortable nonetheless otherwise.

[stoo23]

After my Smaller Toshiba laptop failed last year I began using an older HP that I 'rescued' from work, which whilst suitably well specc'd, got truly uncomfortably Hot !! It could turn your legs INTO cooked steaks ... 

Virtually impossible to use during a hot summer but quite manageable now after purchasing a super cheap laptop stand/fan device from K-Mart. Far Cheaper than all the Serious brands and works an absolute 'treat', ... best $14.00 I ever spent !!   

[zedd151]

It could turn your legs INTO cooked steaks ... 

[daydreamer]

Stewart 
I has first generation gaming laptop so mobile gpu got hot

[stoo23]

I has first generation gaming laptop so mobile gpu got hot

I can Imagine 

[zedd151]

I has first generation gaming laptop so mobile gpu got hot

Probably could double as a convenient (but messy) way to fry eggs or another food of choice. 

[daydreamer]

I wonder if my heater breaks down,was 7 pcs( I had before) mostly stationary with ca ghz cpu and highend gpu, router and switch enough to keep a living room heated if everyone is gaming on each computer using 3d game which need full effect on gpu and cpu?

Or tuck my gaming laptop inside my jacket keeps myself warm?

[zedd151]

I may not be buying a laptop after all. My sister gave me her old (not real old) laptop. I will be reformatting the HD after converting it to MBR (GPT, yuck), install  windows 7 on it(originally came with win 10 from factory) and will be testing it and checking the specs etc. later today. I don't expect spectacular performance out of it, my sister is very frugal - but it will give me portable computing options, at least. 

Scratch all of that nonsense!
My sisters well-used and abused laptop ultimately was a POS. Not only because of the broken hinge, but it runs physically hot, sluggish overall performance, etc.
I have not even used it since the time I had posted the above. Destined for the scrap heap. Minus it's HD and memory, and maybe the WIFI card.

I have ordered a brand new laptop from amazon a few minutes ago. It's not a well known brand (100% Chinesium), but at least it has 16 GB memory, decent sized screen, and most importantly a working (brand new) battery. I need that for portability. 

I will post full details once it arrives.  Supposedly it should arrive tomorrow, by 7:00PM my time - but I really don't expect it to be here that fast. But we'll see.
The price was right, for a new laptop. Just under 300 USD.
Details will follow.

[NoCforMe]

Well, if it's 100% Chinesium, I wonder how good the battery is. I have an old Macbook hand-me-down that only gets used to watch movies on. I bought a replacement battery on Amazon. It works, but just barely. I keep it plugged in to the power supply when I watch my movies on my pirate sites.

[zedd151]

Well, if it's 100% Chinesium, I wonder how good the battery is.

I'll have to wait to see how it actually performs during actual usage. Just a toy to use out on the back porch, not really for any thing highly taxing. It should be fine mehopes.

* It looks like it already shipped, it might just arrive here tomorrow after all. 

[NoCforMe]

Just curious: did you happen to buy it from Ali Express? I made my first purchase with them a couple weeks ago; got an $8 pair of wire strippers for $0.99. It was supposed to arrive on the 12th of this month: I got it last week.

[zedd151]

No, amazon.

I have used Ali express though in the past. Trouble is, things usually literally take the slow boat from China to get here. 

How is the quality of those strippers? Okay at least?

[NoCforMe]

No, amazon.

I have used Ali express though in the past. Trouble is, things usually literally take the slow boat from China to get here. 

How is the quality of those strippers? Okay at least?

Definitely worth a buck! If they didn't work I was just going to shitcan them. But they actually strip 30 AWG wire (really thin) quite nicely, which is what I bought them for.

No slow boat here; did you notice how fast I said they were delivered? Surprising, seeing as they came all the way from China.

[zedd151]

No slow boat here; did you notice how fast I said they were delivered? Surprising, seeing as they came all the way from China.

They might have a distribution center here in the US, or other closer country. Maybe? Or shipped by China Air (along with thousands of other orders of course, not specially for one order)? You might be able to gleen more info via the shipping label, if you still have it.