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Best Cooling Pad for a MacBook Pro 15 inch?

I have my late 2011 15 in hires antiglare MBP sitting on two pieces of molding. One on the left and one on the right. They raise the machine about 3/8 inch off my desk so air can get underneath it. My old machine was a 2008 Macbook and it used to run a little hot so I just kept up the habit of leaving some space between my Mac and my desk. When I've worked on the machine, I've noticed it was "warm" but never really "hot." I don't do CPU wasteful stuff like folding proteins (which used to keep my fans maxed out 24/7) or running CPU-intensive screen savers. I also allow the machine to auto-sleep after 4 hours. All of these add up to a cool-running MBP, no external fans or fancy gadgets required. Just 2 leftover pieces of wood corner molding about 11 inches each.
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There are cooling pads, like these ones from 'coolermaster', that have the advantage of 'movable fans'. These fans use clips to fix underneath the surface of the cooler.
My worry is, if these clips excel over the surface of the cooler for several mm, then does this mean that mbp will touch them?
Mbp has very little height from any surface is put on. Its legs are very short.
So, will it stand over the clips of the fans, or it will have contact and it will stand on the air?
 
DKTacts said:
Questions to ask yourself
1.) Do I really need this?
2.) Do I really want to lug this around with me whenever I take my macbook somewhere?
3.) DO I REALLY NEED THIS?

I've had a 15" macbook pro for a year now and have never once thought "Oh, I'd really like to have a cooling pad to bring the temp down." Just make sure you're keeping the macbook ventilated (away from walls/other crap) and you should be fine.
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Bro, I've had a few macbook pros and you obviously use yours very lightly for an email here or there. However, a macbook pro can be a powerful tool. I use mine for both video editing and playing some games. I notice SEVERE performance decrease as the computer heats up when doing both of these things. When I put icepacks underneath it cools down and begins to function properly again. So tell me again how a cooling pad is unnecessary.
 
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