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📣 marttt

What are some older fanless laptops?


Due to modest needs and naivety, I have a strange appeal for low-end, less capable hardware. I used to work on a Thinkpad T42 and Tiny Core Linux, which boots to RAM and thus gives me a really quiet system. At some point, I couldn't resist a 2008ish Dell Mini 9 for 5€ -- elf-sized keyboard, but fanless, no moving parts, thus spookily quiet.

Later on, I read about Dell Inspiron X1 and Thinkpad 560x, both arguably fanless.

I realize this question has not much practical value in an era of RasPis and SSDs, but maybe some of you feel nostalgic, so: what were some other noteworthy, blast-from-the-past laptops from around 2004-2010 (or even earlier) that had no fan by design? Insights into the history of this design (did it justify itself?) are welcomed, too.

EDIT: Uh, googling helps, so here's a lenghty thread and a list from that era: https://silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39694


  👤 jcun4128 Accepted Answer ✓
I messed around with a Toshiba Chromebook 2, I was even able to run a VM on it. It had a dual core I think and 4GB of ram, small and 1080P.

Also you can buy it for like $50-$100 or something cheap on eBay.