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"I use my laptop on my lap every day, even now in fact. This is not an irrelevant point." Well it is to most people, but if indeed you use it on your lap, then the heat dissipation issue is significant. THe idea of the TP design (now there are no feet) is to dissipate heat by contact with whatever the TP is resting on, which is not too great if it is your lap!