Laptop as a server.

[mischievious]

From some of the opinions I would have thought that the OP was setting up a commercial website.

I absolutely don't agree with adding resistors, fashioning cowls and such, blimey if the companies which makes these devices can't get it right I'm pretty sure artificially slowing a fan is not a great idea! Let alone designing your own cooling system.

If you want to use a notebook as a web server go for it! No they arn't designed for it but a good one (not yet convinced by netbooks however) IS designed to deal with fluctuating and high temps. IS designed for long hours e.g. both HP snd Dell have both released near or actual 24hr battery life laptops in recognition of the fact.

The questions you need to ask is am I server or client side processing? What resources are required to support this? Web servers tend to be low in cpu and mem requirements unless used in a large business with a high yeld. They are very light servers, if you don't believe read the spec diffs between Windows Standard Server and Web Server.

Giving business examples doesn't seem to fit with this case?