Question on Laptop Hardware

[Zearoth]

My brother bought his laptop almost two years ago, but I never really knew until today when he claimed that he used typical desktop components on his laptop instead of laptop oriented parts.

I didn't believe him.

Is it possible? The thing weighs more than 10 pounds.

[query]

Could be, as far as the processor is concerned.  Almost all the notebook vendors produce or produced P4 systems with desktop CPUs in them.

A lot of them are having overheating problems -- just ask anyone unlucky enough to own a Toshiba Satellite witha  desktop P4, or a Dell Inspiron 1100 or 5100 (and to a lesser extent, even the Inspiron 1150/5150/8500/8600, which use mobile processors but still have severe overheating problems).