I'm looking for a laptop cooler that will make my mbp run at lower temperatures, but I'm kinda like confused with all the abundant laptop coolers that are on the market today.

What I'm looking for is the cooler that has the best combination of noise/performance. I noticed that pretty much all coolers are designed for pc laptops, so is there any coolers designed for macs or pc coolers will do just fine with mac's. What caught my attention was the Pacific Breeze cooler which was highly rated by lots of people and the Antec Laptop cooler, what do ya'll think of those?

One other thing that isn't clear to me is the cooling design of the mbp, I dont hear any fans spinning whatsoever, as if the laptop is passively cooled, am I right? So if no fan is present, it is best to push air to the back of the laptop's air ducts, right?

Any suggestions?

Um, you might want to have that checked out. The MBP has two fans, which can be heard clearly on mine (when it gets hot).

A lot of PC coolers won't work as well with the MBP because of the cooling design. Most PC laptops have vents on the bottom; the MBP has one large vent right under the display hinge. You'll need to find something that can take advantage of that cooling scheme.

I've been looking for coolers aswell and the one I find most interesting is the Zalman ZM-NC1000. It distributes air all over the lower surface of your MBP instead of focusing air into vents like the ones do that are used for most PC notebooks. I wouldn't recommend blowing or sucking air into the back vent shaft or whatever you call it since you don't want your internal fans to overwork. Cooling the lower surface is, I think, the best way to cool a MBP.

And try using a graphically demanding piece of software on your MBP, you'll hear the fans clearly

EDIT: By the way, Zalman is a company that only focuses on cooling of computer parts. They are real specialists so I believe this cooler will do the trick in a very satisfying way. I need to check on some reviews tho, however I don't expect too much negativity

Thanks for the info, but isn't there any coolers that are specifically designed for the macbook pro, or the entire line of the macbook's?

What do you people think about the Targus PA248U Notebook Chill Pad and the Antec USB-Powered Notebook Cooler ?

Another thing that really caught my attention is Thermaltake's iXoft which is a passive pad, it look's quite interesting.

I'd still go for the Zalman. As far as I can see the Targus doesn't distribute the air evenly and the passive cooling pad will help but isn't even near as effective as the others (it isn't ment to be ofcourse). The Antec does seem to distribute the air through holes but telling from the surface, in my opinion, Zalman is still the better choice.

I don't think there are any coolers specifically designed for Macbooks, why would you? All notebooks have a lower surface of comparable sizes and the vent are never in the same spot, it's all meant to be universal. Good luck!

That's a fact, well I guess the goal here is to find one that it's design would match the mbp's design, im a n00b with laptops (mac too) so I can't really tell what would be very well suited.

The Zalman you mentioned looks like a good choice, I thinking of buying it but now I really wanna make sure I make the right choice, has anyone had any experience with this cooler?

i noticed that the zalman's design is not suited to cool that of a mbp... the logic board and the really heat generating components and heat sinks are all located towards the back of the mbp, which is beyond the row of letters "z-?" on the keyboard..

effectively, if u wanna cool a mbp, u should start by thinking where is the hottest part on a mbp on use? it is the area about 5cm wide beneath the hinge... as that is where the heat sinks are located, and heat would be dissipitated thru the aluminum shell through that connection point...

therefore, to effectively reduce the heat, u need to cool that portion down to allow for conduction of heat away from the heat sinks.... therefore, since there is none on the market now that does it job, i am going to build my own custom cooling pad, tacking the areas that i jus mentioned... lol....

i will test and release blueprints when i have the time to do so...

I think calling it 'not suited' isn't quite right. Also in your post you suggest there are no other coolers that do it right according to you, so the Zalman still would be your best choice considering you aren't going to build a cooler yourself. While there is conduction and airflow all around your MBP a cooler with a large area distribution of air will do a considerable amount of cooling. I'm going to buy one of these coolers whenever Apple releases new LED backlit cinema displays, until then I can't provide you with feedback. However, all the reviews I read graded this cooler between 8-10. I'm confident this will be a satisfactory choice for me.

I have owned the Zahlman for about a year and a half. I currently have the 15" 2.66 MBP (Intel Core2 Duo) and the Zahlman cooler seems to work just fine, but I have to say, this newer laptop doesn't get nearly as hot as my last one. I had the MBP 2.0Ghz (Intel Core Duo) and it would get very hot. The Zalman made a big difference on that macbook pro. I still recommend it as I had the same problem everyone else is having, there are no coolers specifically built for the MBP, but this one works pretty well and looks good doing it.