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===Fanless=== A number of laptops and netbooks however do not use cooling fans at all.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/dell-latitude-x1/4505-3121_7-31320873.html|title=Dell Latitude X1 Laptop Reviews | first =Brian | last = Nadel|date=2005-04-28|publisher=CNET |access-date=2008-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-W5_en.pdf |title=Panasonic CF-W5 Specification Sheet |publisher=Toughbook |place=[[EU]] |access-date=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224022027/http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-W5_en.pdf |archive-date=February 24, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-T5_en.pdf |title=Panasonic CF-T5 Specification Sheet |publisher=Toughbook |place=EU |access-date=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216154520/http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-T5_en.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2695| title = Fujitsu P7120 (P7120D) | first =Brian | last = Beeler|date= 2006-01-03| publisher= [[Notebook Review]] | access-date = 2008-10-10}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=February 2021|reason=These sources are all over 20 years old (see [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2021 February 17#Modern Quiet PCs]])}} Fanless [[portable computer]]s ([[tablet pc]]s, [[subnotebook]]s, [[chromebook]]s, [[ultrabook]]s and [[2-in-1 PC]]s) running under 10-15 W<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/fanless-computer-boards-are-pushing-15w-to-the-limit-2015-10/ |title=Fanless computer boards are pushing 15W to the limit |author=Richard Wilson |date=15 October 2015 |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> on [[mobile CPU]]s (most commonly [[ARM processor]]s) became popular after [[netbook]]s but then mainly after the introduction of the first [[iPad]] in 2010. The first iPad's CPU, the [[ARM Cortex-A8]] was the first Cortex design to be adopted on a large scale in consumer devices.<ref name="themobileindian gupta 2013-04-26">{{cite news | url=http://www.themobileindian.com/news/11825_ARM-Cortex:-The-force-that-drives-mobile-devices | title=ARM Cortex: The force that drives mobile devices | work=The Mobile Indian | date=April 26, 2013 | access-date=2013-05-15 | author=Gupta, Rahul}}</ref>
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