I really like that you highlighted the dual heat pipe cooling module on this model. It’s always impressive to see how engineers manage to squeeze decent thermals into a chassis under 2cm thick, especially when they aren't resorting to a low-voltage CPU that sacrifices performance for the sake of thinness. In my daily setup, I’m usually on the complete opposite end of the power spectrum. I’m currently rebuilding a home storage node that relies on a high-capacity 1050-Watt server power supply https://serverorbit.com/power-supplies/server-power/1050-watt just to keep my drive arrays and controllers stable under heavy load. It’s quite a contrast to see a laptop like the U36JC, which is all about that 1.69kg portability, while my PSU alone probably weighs more than this entire machine! There is definitely something satisfying about using a thin, lightweight device as a remote terminal to manage a heavy-duty rack, so you don't have to be tethered to a loud server room. Do you think the nano-coating on these older models actually held up over the long term, or did it eventually start peeling like some of the soft-touch plastics from that era?
Asus U36JC：摸不髒的輕薄效能筆電實測
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I really like that you highlighted the dual heat pipe cooling module on this model. It’s always impressive to see how engineers manage to squeeze decent thermals into a chassis under 2cm thick, especially when they aren't resorting to a low-voltage CPU that sacrifices performance for the sake of thinness.
In my daily setup, I’m usually on the complete opposite end of the power spectrum. I’m currently rebuilding a home storage node that relies on a high-capacity 1050-Watt server power supply https://serverorbit.com/power-supplies/server-power/1050-watt just to keep my drive arrays and controllers stable under heavy load. It’s quite a contrast to see a laptop like the U36JC, which is all about that 1.69kg portability, while my PSU alone probably weighs more than this entire machine! There is definitely something satisfying about using a thin, lightweight device as a remote terminal to manage a heavy-duty rack, so you don't have to be tethered to a loud server room.
Do you think the nano-coating on these older models actually held up over the long term, or did it eventually start peeling like some of the soft-touch plastics from that era?