I've seen that the temperature you like the most depends on the climate you were raised at. So enforcing one temperature for all is not the best. A solution that seems to work is to set the thermostat low and have people who want it higher get personal space heaters. Yeah, that's efficient. But it works.
I made my lap heat shield out of a car sun blind.
1. Buy car sun blind (any gas station or car parts store. about $10). It's a folded piece of foam covered in a metalic film, the size of a windshield.
2. Cut to size.
3. Tape/glue to bottom of laptop.
4. ???
5. profit!
Usually there's no need to cover the whole bottom of the laptop, just the part that generates the most heat (use hand to find it). Haven't noticed any ill effect of the heat shield on the laptop's performance. Why don't they just build them like this? Maybe with an internal heat shield.
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I've seen that the temperature you like the most depends on the climate you were raised at. So enforcing one temperature for all is not the best. A solution that seems to work is to set the thermostat low and have people who want it higher get personal space heaters. Yeah, that's efficient. But it works.
I made my lap heat shield out of a car sun blind. 1. Buy car sun blind (any gas station or car parts store. about $10). It's a folded piece of foam covered in a metalic film, the size of a windshield. 2. Cut to size. 3. Tape/glue to bottom of laptop. 4. ??? 5. profit! Usually there's no need to cover the whole bottom of the laptop, just the part that generates the most heat (use hand to find it). Haven't noticed any ill effect of the heat shield on the laptop's performance. Why don't they just build them like this? Maybe with an internal heat shield.