I bought the Coolermaster NotePal W1 for $39.99

See it at

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.59hardware.net/~russe-91/885_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.59hardware.net/Actualites/Portables/Cooler_Master_NotePal_W1.html&h=304&w=451&sz=13&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=hB0a8hRbEZKYJM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNotePal%2BW1%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Mfr says it’s good for 30,000 hours, which is almost 3.5 years (if my calculations hold up). Would you let your laptop run 24/7 with this this thing going all the time?

Oui, Monsieur Lewis. (a la Jerry.)

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