Notebooks are just about as popular as desktops now. Even if you don't want to use the computer on the move (and popular opinion seems to suggest about 80% of notebooks never leave the desk), they save space and can be hidden away when not in use.

There is one big drawback, heat. With all the components crammed in together so tightly it is harder to keep any kind of air flow around the processor and graphics cards. With a dual Geforce2Go notebook, such as I'm using now, that presents a bit of problem.

As the day progresses the keyboard starts to get hotter and hotter. Eventually I have had to connect a separate keyboard to the notebook. There are various notebook coolers around that have fans to help with cooling.

I've often worried that this may reduce the life of the notebook compared to a desktop but thankfully this does not seem to have been the case. In fact, now I get more worried about the temperature of the power supply. Sometimes this gets too hot to touch comfortably, but I'm not sure of any way to cool these down.