Oh, but love is fickle
Sep. 10th, 2007 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pen_gruntMacintosh PowerBook, you pissy, pissy bitch.
This morning I managed to burn my palm on my Mac. Not just get my palm really hot, but honest-to-goodness produce-a-blister burn.
I have to admit, I dig my Mac. I'm not so sure that I feel like it's an extension of myself (that would be the prime prospect marketing target right there), but I do like it. It's sexy and neat and it does the stuff I need it to do. It also freezes its keyboard at random, but hey, we all have our quirks.
The one thing I HATE about my Mac is that it is, essentially, NOT a LAPtop. No, it doesn't claim to be a laptop, it claims to be a PowerBook. However, I'm one of those weird individuals who actually prefers having her portable computer on her lap. Unfortunately, my Mac runs hot. Very hot. Hot enough to burn.
So hot, that if my ovaries were in my lap, I would be rendered sterile. (Keep that in mind, all you boys using your Macs on your laps and frying yourselves and your junk out of admission into the gene pool.)
So considering that I like my laptop on my lap, what can I do to minimize burning potential? To be fair, the part that burnt my palm was my power cord--3 minutes AFTER I had unplugged it (on an amusing note, the plastic around the metal plug in has started to melt slightly).
This entry warranted me creating a Mac icon. This is the exact sticker that I had on the side of my little orange plastic wagon when I was a kid. I thought it was pretty because...rainbow!
This morning I managed to burn my palm on my Mac. Not just get my palm really hot, but honest-to-goodness produce-a-blister burn.
I have to admit, I dig my Mac. I'm not so sure that I feel like it's an extension of myself (that would be the prime prospect marketing target right there), but I do like it. It's sexy and neat and it does the stuff I need it to do. It also freezes its keyboard at random, but hey, we all have our quirks.
The one thing I HATE about my Mac is that it is, essentially, NOT a LAPtop. No, it doesn't claim to be a laptop, it claims to be a PowerBook. However, I'm one of those weird individuals who actually prefers having her portable computer on her lap. Unfortunately, my Mac runs hot. Very hot. Hot enough to burn.
So hot, that if my ovaries were in my lap, I would be rendered sterile. (Keep that in mind, all you boys using your Macs on your laps and frying yourselves and your junk out of admission into the gene pool.)
So considering that I like my laptop on my lap, what can I do to minimize burning potential? To be fair, the part that burnt my palm was my power cord--3 minutes AFTER I had unplugged it (on an amusing note, the plastic around the metal plug in has started to melt slightly).
This entry warranted me creating a Mac icon. This is the exact sticker that I had on the side of my little orange plastic wagon when I was a kid. I thought it was pretty because...rainbow!
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Huh.
As for your lap, you could get a cooling device that will blow the heat away from your legs. I have one made by Targus, and it plugs into a USB port. It has two fans on it that sucks the heat from the bottom of the laptop and redirects it; also helps for laptops with sucky coolant systems. =D
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Date: 2007-09-11 05:51 am (UTC)I bought mine not long after I acquired my iBook (3+ years ago) and I can't stand to use my iBook without it (which makes me feel silly when I go somewhere and haul it in my laptop bag along with the iBook, but . . . it's just so awesome).
I don't think my iBook gets as hot as some machines do, I dig the iLap more for the comfort and stability. But it keeps the machine off of your lap a ways and helps cool it.
Re: Huh.
Date: 2007-09-11 08:24 pm (UTC)Missy, is that a breeze in your lap, or are you just happy to see us...
:D
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Date: 2007-09-11 08:27 pm (UTC)I have to admit, I only really mind the heat in the summer/spring/warm fall time. There are times in the winter where a nice warm laptop is a very good thing.
Re: Huh.
Date: 2007-09-12 02:30 am (UTC)