HP Cheaping out/ Cheating?

[G3R489]

So was in the middle of a scrapping mission on an old HP laptop, and I’ve just found what I’d imagine is a quite common, but big cheap out.

 

They have spray painted the case in a copper colour, to make it look like cooling?!

 

They have tried to make it look like the case is a cooling pad for the laptop, while at only having a single heat pipe cooler for the whole system.  I get it’s not powerful enough to warrant it, but when the cooler is less than an inch wide, it’s just made it seem really cheap to me.

 

(TL;DR no question, just disappointment)

[panzersharkcat]

I'm not sure that was the thinking. It's more likely somebody at HP thought that color looked nice.

[kelvinhall05]

Cheap way to get some RF shielding. Basically everyone does it.

 

When I say "cheap" I don't mean it in a bad way, just that it doesn't cost much to implement but does basically as good a job as a bent/punched metal sheet.

[Moonzy]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Cheap way to get some RF shielding

was kinda wondering why my asus laptop does it, now i know!

[SpaceGhostC2C]

First of all: yes.

Now let me read your post.

[nbrowser]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Cheap way to get some RF shielding. Basically everyone does it.

 

When I say "cheap" I don't mean it in a bad way, just that it doesn't cost much to implement but does basically as good a job as a bent/punched metal sheet.

Yep, quicker,cheaper and works just as well.

[Trik'Stari]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Cheap way to get some RF shielding. Basically everyone does it.

 

When I say "cheap" I don't mean it in a bad way, just that it doesn't cost much to implement but does basically as good a job as a bent/punched metal sheet.

"Cost effective" would be the better term to use.

[Radium_Angel]

Of course HP scums out.

After all, HP stands for: (pick your fav)

Hardly Perfect

Has Problems

Hideous Product

Horribly Produced

Horse Puckey

 

[kelvinhall05]

26 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Of course HP scums out.

After all, HP stands for: (pick your fav)

Hardly Perfect

Has Problems

Hideous Product

Horribly Produced

Horse Puckey

 

HP products are trash but I don't think you understand that 1. this is not an HP exclusive thing and 2. what the purpose of it even is.

[Radium_Angel]

38 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

HP products are trash but I don't think you understand that 1. this is not an HP exclusive thing and 2. what the purpose of it even is.

Oh I do, I was just using it an excuse to rag on HP, because at one point in time, HP products were not just good, but great.

[Blue4130]

3 hours ago, lexusgamer05 said:

As @kelvinhall05 said, it's RF sheilding

 

But why would they even go out of their way to paint it a copper-ish colour to look like cooling when most people don't open their laptops?

It's not so that it looks like copper, it's coated for corrosion resistance.