Asus M5200N - questions on heat and battery life

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Hi

I'm looking at getting an Asus M5200N and have taken a look at the hardware
user guide on the Asus web site. In there it says that the underside can
get very hot and not to use it on your lap - now I've used laptops for
quite a few years and yes the bottom gets warm but not to the point of
being unbearable and happily sit them on my knees whilst I work, What
experience do users of this model have on the heat on the base of this
model.

Also how have users with the high capacity battery found the runtime in
real use. I know they claim near 8 hours but how usable is the laptop with
the performance settings to get this?

Thanx

Jay