On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 03:21:40 +0300 li...@wrant.com wrote: > Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:03:37 +0200 ropers <rop...@gmail.com> > > Does anybody here have a fanless laptop they run OpenBSD on? > > (Possibly even as their primary computer? How poor of a desktop > > replacement is it?) > > For a true no moving parts passive cooling system, you're out of luck > with the desktop replacement idea. Unless your desktop is running in > the wireless network you connect to. Basically, you're asking in the > 10-20W form factor machine, which can function on convection with low > CPU frequency even when it blocks due to failed maintenance: atom CPU. >
In a lot of ways though, that depends on what a "desktop" really is to you. For instance, you can have a "desktop" in which all you do is email, a bit of web browsing here and there, and office work. That doesn't need much power, so those 10-20W machines are perfect for this. On the other hand, those types of machines are useless for high-end video editing, which may be what a "desktop" is to you.
