I would love to use mine on my lap… if not for the intake on the bottom. I’m traveling, so I don’t have a lot of control over what furniture I have access to as I move from place to place.
I have a Targus cooling pad that works pretty well for that. It’s like a thin plastic tray thing with vents and a USB-powered fan to provide extra cooling, but I mostly use it without the fan to elevate my laptop off my lap and allow for extra airflow. Something similar might work well for your use case.
That said, I’ve noticed my laptop’s fan will start to make an obnoxious rattling noise if I use it on my lap for too long. Fan rattle is a known issue with my laptop and it goes away once it’s sat on my desk for a while, but it can be annoying so YMMV.
How many people use gaming laptops on their lap?
I do sometimes, but I use one of those lap desk things so my laptop can breathe.
I would love to use mine on my lap… if not for the intake on the bottom. I’m traveling, so I don’t have a lot of control over what furniture I have access to as I move from place to place.
Fair enough!
I have a Targus cooling pad that works pretty well for that. It’s like a thin plastic tray thing with vents and a USB-powered fan to provide extra cooling, but I mostly use it without the fan to elevate my laptop off my lap and allow for extra airflow. Something similar might work well for your use case.
That said, I’ve noticed my laptop’s fan will start to make an obnoxious rattling noise if I use it on my lap for too long. Fan rattle is a known issue with my laptop and it goes away once it’s sat on my desk for a while, but it can be annoying so YMMV.
A windows laptop no, an Apple silicon MacBook, yes.
Honestly I’d call their fanless or mostly fanless design one of their biggest selling points.