«I love it!»
I haven't had any problems at all with this product, I love it! It keeps my macbook pro cool so I can use it as long as I want.
The price was also really nice ($12 at Christmas)! I am very satisfied with my purchase.
[Friday, January 09, 2009]
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«This is good»
I usually use my laptop in bed and play World of Warcraft which can make my laptop pretty warm. I've had a graphics card burn out on me already and got it replaced.
Anyways, I bought this because I needed some extra cooling power. The lower left hand corner of my laptop can get pretty warm because there's some hardware in that part. Now, it stays pretty cool and comfortable to lay my palm on. (FYI, I have a Lenovo Ideapad).
I also have a MacBook Pro (the old one with just dual core). That one had some serious heating issues. This laptop cooler really helped with that. It doesn't randomly shut off after running because my system isn't overheating.
Some things to note about this is that the fan can be somewhat ... humming loud. It's not annoying and probably no louder than your average laptop fan that is built in. It is powered by USB and that has a USB port so you're not sacrificing a port to plug this in. It has two settings, HI and LO. HI is great for gaming and such on your laptop. LO is great if it's standing idle or you're just doing some light computing (office work etc).
There are I believe, two fans inside. One on the left and one on the right. Always cool air (of course). However, the ventilation holes all over allows the hot air to vent out. The pad itself never gets warm, not even a bit.
[Friday, January 09, 2009]
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«Works for a MacBook Pro (Late 2008)»
The late 2008 MacBook Pro's tend to run hot. I use my model (2.53 GHz with the 9600GT enabled) mostly in clamshell mode with the Apple LED Cinema Display. In this configuration, the fan used to run almost constantly above 3000 RPM. While CPU temps stayed the same, the bottom enclosure and GPU temps decreased between 3 and 6 degrees C when sitting on top of the Antec. The cooler is quiet even on high, and 4000 RPM with cooler is quieter than 6000 RPM without cooler.
The most noticeable difference was running X-Plane. Before this cooler, the fan would spin up to 6200 RPM (max) almost immediately after the application loaded. With the cooler underneath, even after extended X-Plane use, the fan stayed around 4000 RPM. That's good enough for me.
The one complaint I have is the direction of airflow. I think it would be more effective if the air were to blow up out of the unit instead of it being sucked down into it. I tried reversing the fan (took the thing apart) but there must be a diode built into each fan as reversing red/black failed to spin the fans at all.
[Friday, January 09, 2009]
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