Peter Smithson wrote:

I've done some reasearch on the web and I'm now pretty sure that the
increased CPU heat only applies to laptops with AMD or Intel chips.
Something to do with a HLT instruction which has been around for some
time.  I got this info from the following links -

http://grassomusic.de/english/amdk7.htm
(Details more than anyone could possibly ever want to know about it!)

http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030102/compaq_evo_n1015v-01.html
(a smaller summary)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2898f8dd-10f8-
4107-9f7b-16c5a525de1e&displaylang=en

That last one just explains that the software side of things is
catered for in Windows XP.  I also saw fixes for Linux to cater for
the HLT instruction.

Maybe laptops with other processors do something similar but I don't
have access to any of those so I'm not too interested.

So I think the SETI FAQ reply is accurate since most computers are not
laptops.

Disagree, see my earlier reply in this thread. That's a desktop PC I'm
talking about.
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