Hitachi's Water-cooled Laptop

surfacearea writes "The Register has an article about the new Flora 270W Silent Model, a Japan-only 1.8GHz water cooled laptop. Apparently the pump and piping is all held behind the LCD in the lid. I wonder how much extra weight that consumes." But best of all, it means now laptops have a chance to spring a leak!

Good excuse

[GigsVT]

"Why did you take your laptop into the bathroom? Were you looking at porn?"

"No"

"Then what's that on the front of your pants?"

"Oh, the water cooling sprung a leak"

This will save marriages everywhere.

drip drip

[vinnythenose]

Splish splah I was making a hack,
all on a Saturday night...

Back to the Future

[Ashurnasipal]

I still remember the DEC guys making fun of the water-pumping IBM mainframers - "I see your computer is down, have you called the plumber yet?"

hey!

[mike77]

What about a beer cooled laptop? can drink it when things get bad and just get a refill at your local pub???? :)
oooh, imagine a beowulf cluster of those?

mmmm...beeeeerrrrr....

I have to ask...

[randomErr]

I have to ask, what happens if you leave your laptop outside in the winter? I've have people leave their laptops in their car all the time. So what would happen this winter?

Re:I have to ask...

[danger42]

What happens if you leave your laptop outside in the winter?

Same thing that always happens. Someone steals it.

Re:spring a leak?

[isorox]

ew air conditioner sprining a coolant leak.

Wouldnt it be cool to shout [b]coolant leek! We've got a coolant leek! Everyone out, lets go go go, and dive under a closing door?

Re:spring a leak?

[sfled]

While it may be true that over clockers working on their own PCs in their dads' garages may spring a leak, in reality a commercial water cooling system this just doesn't happen.

Yes, and while small watercraft may spring a leak, in reality a commercial ocean liner just can't sink.

Dell should adopt liquid cooling...

[rholland356]

to put out battery fires in its laptops.

Re:hey!

[edgrale]

You Americans are funny, only you would actually drink beer that has been used to cool your 1.8GHz laptop. Its bound to be _warm_, yuck :P

Re:hey!

[binarybum]

There is Nothing funny about warm beer. You are obviously either a sadistic child molestor or a 14 yr old that just doesn't understand. No morally upright citizen talks about beer that way.

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Why did you take your laptop into the bathroom? Were you looking at porn?"

"No"

"Then what's that on the front of your pants?"

"Oh, the water cooling sprung a leak"

This will save marriages everywhere.


CONGRATULATIONS!

You're the first /.'er to successfully combine marriage (or just having a chick), pr0n, masturbation-innuendo, computers and water-cooling into a viable, humorous and on-topic comment!

Your @BEOWULFCLUSTER of $WIFE must be proud!

Excuse Me

[sharkey]

"Was that you?"
"Uhhh, no. My laptop's cooler was burping again." *thump-thump* "goddamthing"

Portable Coffee Maker

[Anonymous Coward]

Put a spigot on the side, and someplace to put the filter, and you've got yourself the first laptop that makes coffee.

Wife: "What are you doing playing Quake III at 6:00am?"

Husband: "Just brewing a pot for the morning drive..."

Of course, when it first ships it will only work with Microsoft-brand coffee grounds, but I heard there will be driver support for it in Linux 2.6...