Fanless laptop with optical drive

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forgottenit
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Fanless laptop with optical drive

Post by forgottenit » Sun May 31, 2015 5:48 am

Hi,

I am trying to find a fanless laptop for a friend, they are insisting on one with an optical drive, and which runs Windows. Does anyone have any ideas?

They don't want one where you have to choose between inserting a hard drive or a optical drive, either. They are not interested in 'hybrids' or in touchscreen laptops...

Thanks for your help!

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Re: Fanless laptop with optical drive

Post by CA_Steve » Sun May 31, 2015 6:26 am

I don't know of any offhand and think this might be a unicorn seach. Optical drives are the antithesis of "thinner" and are being systematically wiped out by laptop designers. Fanless means either Core M or Atom at the moment...and neither tend to lead toward a laptop with an optical drive.

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Re: Fanless laptop with optical drive

Post by quest_for_silence » Sun May 31, 2015 10:18 am

forgottenit wrote:Hi,

I am trying to find a fanless laptop for a friend, they are insisting on one with an optical drive, and which runs Windows. Does anyone have any ideas?
http://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-250-G3- ... 284.0.html

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