I remember well when Toshiba did a poor job of putting the desktop version of Pentium 4 processors into laptops and there were a myriad of heat issues. Frankly, I've stayed clear since.
It still saw about six years of faithful service.
I actually thought it was a well built/designed computer. It was marketed as a laptop, but the minute I got it home, and set it up, I knew it was my new desktop. It's got to be the biggest, heaviest laptop they ever made? The only thing that failed was a hard drive, and it was an easy repair. Meaning they designed it to be worked on by us.
That laptop has seen a lot of my life. Two failed relationships. Two great pit/bulldog mixes, and a bullmastiff.
One of my dogs used to lick the screen every once in awhile.
The screens on the fan openings needed cleaning with a vaccume.
I remember buying it at circuit city for $2700
Must be why I'm still happy lugging around a MacBook Pro now when mostly everyone I know has moved on to ultrabook style machines.
I remember making the mistake of playing NFS:Underground on it and it lasted 20 minutes on my bed before it overheated and turned itself off.