Dale,
I have my laptop up on a tilting stand with a mesh bottom and I also have a cooling pad under it. And ... where I play is finally smoke free!
I have had my laptop only about three months. I have not looked for any updates from MicroSoft because I keep it off-line as much as possible.
KOD
Dell Inspiron 1545, Pentium Dual Core, T4400 @2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium W/Hoster 4.20
Sound, Video & Games Controllers - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC - Integrated Intel x4500 MHD Media Accelerator Graphics