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Why do laptops need fans but tablets don't?

I'm curious why a tablet doesn't need fans but all laptops do, even the cheap and less powerful netbooks. I thought at first it would be that the screen on a tablet is smaller than a laptop, so the ...
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how can I “tilt” my laptop for a game

I have Windows 8 and therefore I can download games made for a Surface or Windows Phone. Some of these games require that you "tilt" your tablet in order to move to the side. However, I am using a ...
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Recommendation for a touch-enabled dev laptop [closed]

I don't keep up with hardware much, so would appreciate any tips on what would be a good touch-enabled laptop that I could use for both development and testing of Windows 8 ("Metro"/Store) apps. Is ...
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Thinkpad X200 Tablet for programming

I saw there are some posts about programming on netbooks, but not about tablets, who have a larger screen.. I want to buy a notebook (my first, actually), and a tablet would be the best choice: ...
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Windows 7 on HP EliteBook 2730

I have HP 2730p. A nice little tablet that came with Vista Business.I want to switch to Windows 7. Has anybody done that? Does everything work? I'm asking because of the finger print reader and the ...