The USB plug that has its own USB extension is a nice touch.

Try stuffing that into your manila envelope.

Make it for a Linux/Windows machine and I'm in. I don't know how many WoW sessions I've been in when i realized that the fluffy pj pants i had one was suffocating (and over heating) my laptop.

@shamoononon:
Usually that's an indication to turn off your laptop and walk outside.

Only 6 deg F ?
I say save the money and put something between your macbook and your pant.

Nah. Encoding video = 190˚F on your lap, which in truth isn't THAT bad ... but it DOES almost burn you. I love my Mac.

@pipper:
Learn to read graphs its 6 deg C not F.

I sorely need it! My MacBook always overheats when watching a movie or something like that, or when I do use it on my lap.

@daftrok:
For your information, the graphs say both. According to the article written: "Moshi's Zefyr is a portable cooling pad for the MacBook that provides a near silent fan, powered by USB, and offers a temperature drop of roughly 6 degrees Fahrenheit. " 6 degrees Fahrenheit. You may say learn to read graphs. I say learn to read.

It's unfortunate that the fan is on the other side of where it needs to be on the MacBook Air. It is around the area between the esc key and F4 that really gets hot.

It's unfortunate that it's $75.
Anyways, my MBP came with a heat shield. It coincidentally protected the MBP when it was shipped and has a pretty picture on it too.
(I knew those scissor skills in pre-school would pay off one day.)

At home, my obsolete rubber erasers now raise the back-end when on the desk.

I'm not worried about going sterile, I welcome it. No little bastards running around, nipping at my heels and sucking away my hard-earned money. I'm all for adoption someday...far, far away.

@ebeckert11:
Actually it means Adrian Covert needs to learn how to read graphs too.

@ebeckert11:
If what you just said makes sense to you, you aren't the scientific/logical type are you? How can it both be 6 degrees of difference in Fahrenheit and Centigrade? Yes, the chart lists both but 6 degrees of difference in Centigrade is 10.8 degrees difference in Fahrenheit. Obviously, Adrian (who wrote this article) made an error reading the graph.

Any notebook computer that requires an external device for active cooling is seriously flawed in its design.

@markarian:

Yup. It's pretty, it's useful and it shouldn't be required.

@markarian: It doesn't actually require it. A good number of manufacturers make cooling pads for all sorts of laptops, even though laptops in general do not necessarily need them. I use my Macbook for a number of tasks, and have never used a cooling pad for the 2 1/2 years of its service.

@Kaiser-Machead:

But then the overheating issues is a known one for some product batches of the Air which is not the case for other brands.

Apart from Sony whose power supply will explode taking your knackers out with it.

Oh silly me I was under the impression that your lap is Apples cost effective heat sink. Bye bye spermies, hello mac book air.

@daftrok: Learn to read what the blog says: "and offers a temperature drop of roughly 6 degrees Fahrenheit." It was misprinted by Adrian, so chill out.

@SomeoneUKno: ^ Learn to read all the comments before posting, ya idiot. My bad.

doesn't everyone_who owns a Mac_use them only on pure cold architectural counter tops?

Steve would not be amused.