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Apple Hints At Future Liquid-Cooled Laptops

Posted by samzenpus on from the cool-me-in-the-water dept.

Lumenary7204 writes "According to the Register, Apple recently received US Patent Application No. 20080291629 for a 'liquid-cooled portable computer.' The filing describes a system where a 'pump ... coupled to the heat pipe is configured to circulate the liquid coolant through the heat pipe.' All claims of obviousness aside (after all, PC enthusiasts have been using liquid and phase-change cooling for years), the existence of the patent application seems to indicate that laptop manufacturers are in agreement with physicists and engineers who say we are running up against the practical limits of air-cooling such compact pieces of equipment."

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  1. Just in time to be outclassed... by donkeyqong · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...by a $399 Dell. When has Apple released a computer that performs better better than the competition? Sure there are quite a few people that like the OS for one reason or another, rave about the ipod, or stand by their iphone. But really, when has there been an Apple that hasn't been outclassed in RAM, Processor power, or storage options by a half price competitor. GOod thing they have great designers working there.

  2. Re:This won't fly. by D+Ninja · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't need a lot of power for my daily routine and neither do most people.

    And 640kB of memory is good enough for anybody.