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  1. Twinhead by MrCJC · · Score: 1 · on Durable Laptop Suggestions for the Desert?

    You might want to take a look at the Twinhead http://usa.twinhead.com/. I haven't personally used one, but we did consider it, along with the Panasonic Toughbooks, for ruggized laptops.

  2. Twinhead N1400 by redjeremy · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Buying a Small, Light Linux Notebook Computer?
    I recently bought a laptop called an "ITC Ultraport R1000', which is actually a rebadged Twinhead N1400. The people at the shop (Arrow Computers, Perth, Australia) were kind enough to remove the WinXP licence from the package, and take a bit off the price.

    (One of the main reasons I bought this computer was because the retailer gave me a brochure which listed Linux as a supported operating system. At the very least, this allows you to take it back if Linux doesn't go)

    Linux runs well on it, after a bit of a play with the drivers (support from the company hasn't been great, but it's easy enough to get everything working). It's a P4 1.7GHz (1.2 on batteries), VGA & SVideo out, a firewire port, 14.1" screen at 1024x768, 3 USB2.0 ports, CDR/DVD drive, onboard ethernet & modem, 1 PCMCIA slot and optional internal 802.11b. It's small, light, and it looks cool.

    Best of all, it was one of the cheapest Notebooks I was looking at, $2800 AUD :)

  3. Re:heatpipe by Sara+Chan · · Score: 2 · on Vapochilled Pentium 4 System At 3.3GHz

    Twinhead laptops use a heatpipe. I've got one. It works just like you say--and the laptop runs fanless, which makes it very quiet.

  4. There are silent laptops on the market by Sara+Chan · · Score: 2 · on How to Build a Fast Air-Cooled Quiet PC
    Twinhead makes laptops that normally run without a fan. Their computers use a proprietary heat pipe for cooling. (There is a fan, but it only goes on under extreme circumstances.) Why go to the trouble of building one?

    I got a Twinhead for that reason, and have been glad that I did.


    Buy Windows XP: give Bill Gates even more of your money.

  5. Heat pipes have been in use for a long time by Sara+Chan · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Using Radiators to Cool CPUs
    I've got a 1998 Twinhead laptop that uses heat pipe technology for cooling. The laptop also has a fan, which almost never goes on, due to the heat pipe. (It was for the quiet fanless running that I bought a Twinhead.)

    Twinhead advertising claims that their heat pipe technology is patented. I've no further details and couldn't find anything relevant on their web site.


    Buy Windows XP. Give Bill Gates even more of your money.

  6. Quiet--FANLESS--is Twinhead by Sara+Chan · · Score: 2 · on Which Laptop To Buy?
    I have a very quiet environment. For me to preserve that, it is critical is that the laptop be quiet. So, I got a Twinhead.

    The Twinhead that I got does have a fan in it. But the fan is thermostatically controlled. I had the computer for months before finding the right (wrong?) conditions to trigger fan operation. In practice, the Twinhead runs fanless.

    Twinhead does not have the best prices. I found that Dell had clearly better price/performance. But Dell has a loud fan.

    BOTTOM LINE: if you want quiet, the Twinhead is well worth it!

    Question: does anyone know of other PC laptops that also have fanless operation? (I will be getting a new laptop in a few months; so I'd like to know about alternatives.)

  7. Twinhead laptops run VERY quiet--without a fan by Sara+Chan · · Score: 2 · on Building Quieter Computers
    I have a really quiet home environment, where I use my computer, and quietness was a critical factor in deciding which computer to buy. I chose a Twinhead laptop. These run without a fan (though they have a thermostatically-controlled fan, as a backup for their proprietary heat pipe cooling system). So Twinhead laptops are very quiet.

    I don't work for Twinhead, and have no affiliation, but I can recommend them. Curiously, their advertising makes no mention of their computers being fanless.

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  8. Favorite Desktop-replacement: Twinhead (it's quiet by Sara+Chan · · Score: 1 · on Review of the Sony Vaio PCG-X9
    In answer to the main question in the news items, my favorite desktop-replacement laptop is a Twinhead. It doesn't have the best specs or the best price. What it does have is a patented heat-dissipation technology that means the fan hardly ever goes on--I used one for about half a year before doing something that needed a fan.

    Twinhead's are thus extremely quiet. For anyone using a laptop in a quiet environment, it's worth considering. Most models also have both FD and CD integrated, which I find useful. Does anyone know of other fanless laptops?