I dont know if it'll lower the lifespan of this thing. Though I seriously doubt it'll hurt it... Since when I'm not actively using it, all it's running is aMSN. Stays pretty cool when it's sitting there idle.
Just worried cause this thing gets so warm sometimes I can feel the heat coming from the CPU through the left side of the keyboard. Right now I'm downloading a big file and it seems like it's taxing the puny cpu in this thing.
Also: moosecocks