Thanks to those who answered my question. If it's true that I really should be shutting down when the Lombard seems hot, what do these listmembers who never shut down know that I don't (and should)?
Willi
What I should have added is that, yes, it is true that heat can cause damage to your PowerBook in the long term. Heating and cooling the PowerBook causes expansion and contraction of all the components. Some materials expand more than others when heated. This can cause problems with things like solder joints or other contact points on the logic board. Over time, cracks may develop or the contacts may drift apart...
The truth of the matter, though, is that unless your PowerBook is excessively hot (hot enough to melt either the plastics, insulators, or CPU itself), the damage caused by normal heat is negligible when compared to the mechanical damage caused by carting the PowerBook around and when handling it.
Your PowerBook is much more likely to die from the mechanical stresses of everyday use than it is likely to die from thermal damage. If it were just thermal problems, your PowerBook would probably run for decades...
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