http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/ Engadget Comments for Zalman Tech's ZM-NC1000 laptop cooler: not as noisy as you think http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
I will use a laptop cooler since high-powered computers always generate more heat, and contrary to the comments about well designed laptops, my current DTR (Desktop replacement) laptop runs very hot and has noisy fans, but that's not a design issue, that's a choice issue. If I wanted a cool, low-powered laptop I would have got one.

Maybe Zalman should design one that doesn't put my HDD at risk, since I don't use a Solid-state yet..]]>Jan 30th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
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]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
One caveat, the fans in it get noisier over time.]]>Nov 9th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/It does not lower your laptop's temperature (HD Tune).
It's nice and sleek, and poorly designed with minimal raise settings (just two tiny feet), but that's about all you'll get.]]>Sep 8th 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
I bought an early MacBook Pro and it was hot as hell. I had a few options but I decided to open it up and reapply the thermal paste. Now it's as cool as it was designed to be. There are also software solutions to make the fan turn on sooner which reportedly keeps the machine much cooler.]]>Nov 7th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
As far as saying it'll cost you a Grant, stfu and say fifty dollars please. I'm tired of having to translate what the F you are trying to say, sometimes without success.]]>Nov 7th 2006 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/I got mine last week and had a 15"PB, last of the line actually. The new MBP runs cooler than the PB did. For the first 3 days I never once heard the fan and it's always on. Rarely do I close the lid. I tested it the other night and left it on, awake and downloading files... flat on the carpet. It went up to about 120F and often does. After about 2 hrs it climbed, slowly, finally reaching 144F when the fans kicked in to full speed.

With a keyboad skin on and normal usage in photoshop I can get the fans to go full throttle about 2x a day. Burning a dvd will turn them on within 2 minutes.

I'm surprised at how little I hear them and how rarely they need to turn on (at least to full speed).]]>Nov 7th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
Laptops just have too much stuff crammed into them to be abe to cool themselves very well. People want them smaller and smaller though that just makes them run hotter. :(]]>Nov 7th 2006 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
Then all I'd need is a noise cancellation device for all the dogs in the neighborhood.]]>Nov 7th 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
While I don't own this specific product, I recently bought a Targus notebook cooler to stick under my HP notebook. Previously, I noticed the (very audible) CPU fan spinning up and down several times a minute, and the left palmrest would get pretty warm. I have my notebook sitting on a desk running 8-9 hours a day, and part of the problem is that the desk itself doesn't dissipate the heat that's expelled by the fan out of the bottom so it's as if the notebook is sitting on a thermal pad after a while. Because these things pull the heat down and dissipate it out the back, sides or whatever on a constant basis, it's great when you'd otherwise have little to no airflow (eg, when the notebook's sitting on your legs).

Point of all this rambling: noise won't be a factor and the claims that it 'reduces' the noise generated by the computer are, in a sense, true. You're way more likely to notice a changing noise level from the CPU fan than you are to notice the silent fans on the pad spinning at a consistent rate.]]>Nov 7th 2006 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
Wrong. If your laptop is too hot, it's a design or manufacturing problem. Case closed. With today's quiet fans and efficient heat pumps, there should be no problem making cool running laptops with today's processors.]]>Nov 7th 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
AMD Turion ML44 2.4ghz
2gb dual channel
100gb 7200rpm
dual 7900 gtx

and your going to say that a laptop can cool this efficiently? not even close, my desktop which is about the same specs as this can barely keep it under 40-45c with water/air cooling]]>Nov 17th 2006 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/Nov 7th 2006 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
I've never heard of a Hypro Bearing fan...

Zalman.....]]>Nov 7th 2006 10:09PM