05-25-2020, 04:18 PM
(05-25-2020, 04:12 PM)somethingelseishere Wrote: I remember an old laptop that would rev up on me all the time. A friend of mine
told me it could be from too much "background" activity. Also, CPU strain if I was
running several things at once [ex. Windows, Flash Player, Audacity, whatever else]
and if there were several other things running in the background, shit that you're not
even currently using or aware of, that can kick up the fans. But that laptop was on the
old side, even back then, so there were several factors going on.
If it was old, then it had McAfee AV which was probably about 938 running background processes and sucks ass.
You actually need a 3rd party tool to get all their crap off your box.
Laptops kinda suck; phones and tablets are seeming to replace them. Not as easy to work on and
like you mentioned, not great at cooling hence the "cooling" mats they make for them.
I like the portability but the "feel" of the little laptop keyboard is gross for some reason.
I swear they make the power cord connections specifically crappy and designed to break for repeat business.
Failing hard drives also can get noisy.
