Laptop users report 'Toasted Skin Syndrome'
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"Hot legs" isn't just another term for good-looking gams. It can be a warning sign of a medical condition that affects users of laptop computers.
The condition, dubbed erythema ab igne or "Toasted Skin Syndrome," arises when people rest a hot laptop on their laps for an extended period of time.
In one case, a Virginia law student sought treatment for the mottled discoloration on her leg. Dr. Kimberly Salkey, who treated the young woman, was stumped until she learned that the student spent about six hours a day working with her computer propped on her lap. The temperature underneath registered 125 degrees.
For more on this story, read 'Toasted Skin Syndrome': Are laptop users at risk? on CNET News.
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Why?
I run an ASUS UL for extended periods - it takes a lot to make it even get warm..... and it ain't Apple either.
Now my Dell XPS.... chuckle - you can cook with that baby!
Microsoft? Funny I haven't seen their new tablet... Why anyone would want to copy Apple's tablet is beyond me, it's a POS. It's functionally crippled, it's expensive and first and foremost, it's an apple product. I wouldn't own any apple product if it was given to me.
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