PowerBooks: How do YOU keep yours Kool ?

[Prabz]

Hi! I'm looking for inexpensive & more importantly, efficient ways
to keep the bottom of a 15-inch powerbook cool. Any opinionz/suggestions on this would be appreciated!

Thanks, gang!

 

[gwuMACaddict]

by not turning it on

 

[shakespeare]

I use an iCurve, an Apple Wireless Keyboard, and a Logitech MX700. It's groovy.

On the road, I just try to make sure that it's not any soft surfaces like laps or blankets - keeping it ventilated seems to do the trick.

 

[tazo]

Re: PowerBooks: How do YOU keep yours Kool ?

Originally posted by Prabz
Hi! I'm looking for inexpensive & more importantly, efficient ways
to keep the bottom of a 15-inch powerbook cool. Any opinionz/suggestions on this would be appreciated!

Thanks, gang!

The cheapest, fastest, and easiest way is of course to simply turn off the machine for a bit. However a much more practical method of cooling off your 'book would to place it on top of some books, or on a cool surface that allows air underneath; say something like the kitchen counter; or you can place it on top of some hardcover books, making sure to have space underneath the book for ventilation.

Or you can buy any of a number of products that allow you to place the 'book on a stand, with fans beneath the book cooling it off. Like this product for example: http://macmice.com/ibreeze.html

Hope that helps.

-tazo

 

[Counterfit]

Freezers and refrigerators work well too!

 

[crazzyeddie]

I have something like the iBreeze and it works quite well... if youre not doing too much with the computer (ie playing games) the internal fans dont even come on.

 

[Powerbook G5]

The only time mine ever gets warm is when I spend a few hours playing a game on it, and even then it is just warm and the fans never once come on (I don't even know what they would sound like). All I use is a $10 CoolPad traveler to prop it an inch off my bed when I use it, too.