Comments on: Mac Feet are Cool!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:54:34 +0000

My coffee table, where I use my powerbook most, is a stainless steel surplus kitchen table. The heat from the PB is transferred into the table and radiates from the larger surface area. Like a a big chip cooler upside down.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:09:49 +0000

Hey, the Mac Feet are good but check out the Laptop Desk. It’s by the same company. You get your cooling air gap and typing angle, plus you can unfold it and it makes a nice wide tray to hold your ibook or PB on your lap :

http://www.gear4laptops.com/laptopdesk2f.html

By: mediaguru

mediaguru — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:45:57 +0000

I just put my PB on my lap and let it burn the crap out of my legs.

By: Vanitas

Vanitas — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:25:02 +0000

Remember the good ole’ days, when our PBs actually had feet built in? Of course, there was the whole 9″ passive matrix grayscale screen thing, but…

We had FEET!!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:38:20 +0000

I have an iClear, but I might look into these for when I’m working at school

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:15:11 +0000

I sit my powerbook on top of the lid to one of those 30 disk cd spindles. Its clear plastic, and as long as I don’t push hard on any of the corners, its a good set up. cheap, too.

By: martin

martin — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:11:50 +0000

looks like a cool product.

i was worried about the exact same thing when i got my brand new
powerbook 1.67 ghz a month ago, so i MacGyvered my own solution:

i used an old, big, obsolete 2 gig LaCie external hard disk as a base;
i installed 4 hockey pucks on the 4 corners of the HD;
i taped the hockey pucks in place, using transparent plastic hockey tape (you guessed it, i play hockey in winter!)
i then perched the powerbook on top of my home-made cooling device.

voilà! cool air can now flow underneath my powerbook.

…and sure enough, the PB is near silent all the time, and when i touch
under the laptop as i work, the metal is barely warm.