What is the best object to place your MBP on to reduce Heat & Allow Airflow

Hello~

I have a new Macbook Pro-- my first mac! Love it to death!! Everything is running amazingly, and I have no problems so far. I was wondering if there are better ways to ventilate the machiene. After reading at a lot of posts related to my question I'd like to get some opinions:

1. What is best for placing your MBP on? I am using it for Adobe Suite, and sometimes it gets warm. I don't want to stunt the internal fans... but I'm not sure how to rig an under cooling device-- nor am I sure it is necessary.

Thanks so Much for your responses!!! <3

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 9, 2008 2:26 PM

24 replies

Feb 10, 2008 4:21 PM in response to Arthur Jacks

cool. where did you find the core duo temperature?

Feb 10, 2008 7:12 PM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

FWIW, I have a BookEndz (http://www.bookendzdocks.com/) docking station for my MBP 15" and besides the convenience of the dock two advantages are 1) the slightly slanted position and 2) it has pads in the corners that raise the bottom of the case a bit and help air flow underneath.

Feb 11, 2008 3:28 PM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

I have Hardware Monitor installed, information at the following link
http://www.bresink.com/osx/HardwareMonitor.html
I seem to recall you can download and try before you buy but the cost is very small .
An alternative is iSat Pro as far as I know it is a widget available from the Apple download site displays lots of information about how the computer is performing, temps, fan speeds, processes etc.

Mar 15, 2008 11:17 PM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

I've been wondering this myself because I do a lot of work with the MBP in my lap and it gets warm. When it starts to feel warm, I just pull my little side table over and work on it form there for a while, eventually moving it back into my lap.

My friend recommended the iLap. Has anyone used it?
http://www.raindesigninc.com/ilap.html

Kin Hui

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Mar 16, 2008 10:01 AM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

Sort of late but I picked this up:

http://www.allsop.com/home-office-tools/notebook-accessories/model-29591/cool-ch annel-platform/

It's been fantastic and made using my MBP on my lap a much "cooler" experience.

HTH.

Imap

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Apr 25, 2008 8:38 AM in response to Kin Hui

I use a Launchpad from 604Labs. Not only does it lift the laptop off my lap, but it seems to help keep it much cooler.

The nice thing is that it's portable. When I need to go somewhere I can just slip the laptop inside the stand and stick the whole thing in my bag.

I used to have an iLap, but it was too bulky to carry along, and since I travel a lot that was something I was looking for.

Take a look at http://www.604labs.com

Network 23

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Apr 25, 2008 9:28 AM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

On my old Mac laptop, when the feet broke off eventually, I went to the hardware store and got some of those clear rubber feet you can stick on things. They are much taller than the stock Apple feet so they put more airspace under it for ventilation.

Total cost: $0.99 for a whole sheet.

Courcoul

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Apr 25, 2008 10:04 AM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

Ever since the days of the Titanium Powerbook, I've always liked to keep my Macs cool and accessible with the line of [CoolPads from Road Tools: the Traveler and the Podium|http://www.roadtools.com>. They raise the portables and enhance airflow below, as well as giving you a more comfortable typing angle.

Apr 26, 2008 10:33 AM in response to Tsubasa no Kami

I do a lot of memory/CPU intensive work using Autodesk Maya, Final Cut Studio, etc and find the ZM-NC2000 from Zalman very efficient at cooling my MacBook Pro.

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