Why do most gaming laptops have vents on the bottom?

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Why do most gaming laptops have vents on the bottom? - Lemmy.zip

If you’re using the laptop as intended (i.e., on your lap), wouldn’t those be almost entirely blocked?

While we still call them laptops, they are not actually laptops, they are notebooks. The last laptop I saw had a 80286 for a processor (odds are it was junked before you were even born). Somehow the name laptop stuck, but they are notebook form factors and never intended to be used on laps.

a 80286 for a processor (odds are it was junked before you were even born)

Ouch, right in the age.