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On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:22 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 07:51:05AM -0400, Michael C Voorhis wrote:
>>
>
>> ... and if anyone has comments about the hardware in general.
>
> Based on my experiences with my workplace-provided T60p, it's safe to
> say I'll never recommend a Lenovo product.  The temperatures of these
> laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan.   
> I'm
> not interested in a product that can have a GPU reaching  
> temperatures of
> almost 70C **while idling**.

Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience.  I have the T61p  
with the NVIDIA Quadro card.  If I run a game, the video card becomes  
almost too hot to have on my lap rather quickly (I just put it on a  
magazine or something and it's fine), but if it's idle the temperature  
is totally comfortable on my lap.  It also takes only about 5 minutes  
to cool off.  The fan is almost silent.  Perhaps they fixed the issues  
you describe with the revision?