Moshi's Zefyr MacBook cooler is way hot

If you haven't faced MacBook Air overheating issues, you're clearly in the minority, and regular ol' MacBook users have been faced with plenty burnination of their own. While there are plenty of laptop coolers out there, none have been so specifically designed to address these two perennial overheaters as Moshi's Zefyr. The aluminum heatsink setup has an "ultra-silent" USB-powered fan and is quite minimal, just concentrating on the MacBooks' problem spots up top. Even better for Air users: you won't be monopolizing your lone USB plug to work it. Zefyr is available now for $75 in silver or black.

[Via Laptop Logic]

[waiownsyou @ May 10th 2008 1:44PM]

MacBooks don't really get that hot. We should be looking at MacBook Pros. Mine has fried an egg and then some.

[gabe @ May 10th 2008 2:12PM]

some bacon?

[Gus @ May 10th 2008 2:15PM]

some more eggs

[clockwork @ May 10th 2008 2:16PM]

i have a macbook and i also had to instal smcFanControl and keep the fan running at 5000rpm just so the CPU stays below 65°C, this is probably the best thing i have seen for the macbook, i need to get one so that my CPU and legs last a little longer without combusting...

[Kurian @ May 10th 2008 2:35PM]

And some.. ?
I think it lost him a nut or two.

[Metayoshi @ May 10th 2008 2:40PM]

I've never experienced a MacBook Pro overheating. It actually runs cooler than my PC notebook that idles around 70 degrees C.

[Mikee @ May 10th 2008 4:11PM]

I think it depends on the CPU in there. The Penryn's don't get that hot.

[Technex @ May 10th 2008 4:38PM]

@ clockwork

Man that's roasting!!! My Dell Inspiron 6400 never goes above 50C even under hard loads!

Whoa crazy!

[mike @ May 10th 2008 9:17PM]

Ok so let me get this straight. Some one makes a notebook cooler and sells it to Apple users and Apple users are all happy? These things are nothing new people...

[Greg @ May 10th 2008 9:41PM]

Yeah, my MacBook is actually cooler than most PC laptops I've used.

[Jordan @ May 11th 2008 2:47PM]

I haven't worked with many apple laptops, but one I used was way too hot, the other one I used seemed to be the coolest thing I have ever touched. Coolest meaning temperature that is...

[Craig @ May 10th 2008 1:47PM]

Overheating? Must be all those ports and jacks and features. Oh, wait.

[L @ May 10th 2008 1:48PM]

And it only bumps the MBA to normal-laptop thickness! Fantastic!

[BigD145 @ May 10th 2008 1:54PM]

And makes it not so sleek or able to fit in an envelope.

[Kurian @ May 10th 2008 2:37PM]

Notice that the MBA and the ordinary MB are both the same thickness after putting on the cooler! The MBA is a scam!

[bootareen @ May 10th 2008 9:00PM]

@kurian
I've been thinking, what if manufacturers tout a laptops thinness by taking away some parts, but in the end, you must add back all the parts externally to make the laptop run normally.

[Ellianth @ May 10th 2008 1:49PM]

Wow the macbook air gets hot? I didn't know that. I guess while they were gutting everything else they decided to get rid of the fan also :p.

Those coolers look kinda cool though.

[JAmerican @ May 10th 2008 11:04PM]

Yea almost as cool as the 360's external fan.

[Jhongerkong @ May 10th 2008 2:07PM]

This is one cool product...

Im here all week.

[Gus @ May 10th 2008 2:16PM]

are u gonna like the annoying in-laws or can u actually leave earlier?

[Jhongerkong @ May 10th 2008 2:18PM]

Am I going to like the annoying in-laws? What the hell?

[Nomi @ May 10th 2008 3:05PM]

ya, I read it several times...no idea what it means...

[randompass @ May 10th 2008 3:33PM]

I think he meant "be like the annoying in-laws"

[Chase @ May 10th 2008 2:17PM]

TROOOOOGGGGDOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andres @ May 10th 2008 2:45PM]

was a man, or maybe he was a dragon, or maybe he was a dragon man....
BUT HE WAS STILL TROOOOGGGDOOOOORRRRR!!!!

[Decoy @ May 10th 2008 3:40PM]

Burnination!

[senyl @ May 12th 2008 9:47AM]

Bonus points for using "Burination" in an article

[Craig @ May 10th 2008 2:12PM]

This steampunk-esque cooler is pretty much the exact opposite of Apple's design style.

[James Daniels @ May 10th 2008 2:31PM]

My MacBook is actually the sole cause of global warming. These look interesting.

[Steve Jones @ May 10th 2008 3:44PM]

Just a hunch, but I don't think it is.

[Ian @ May 10th 2008 8:43PM]

no way my MBP is way hotter than your MB. 170 degrees is kinda hot. on a side note do they make this for the MBP?

[Twilight Elk @ May 10th 2008 2:35PM]

Wow. Those are the coolest looking coolers I've seen; most of them take up the whole bottom space :D

[Alberto @ May 10th 2008 2:47PM]

Hey! I want one of those for my MacBook Pro. Is it taking too long?

[spass @ May 10th 2008 2:49PM]

Wait, USB powered?

How many USB does the MBA have again?

[MeatyPi @ May 10th 2008 2:53PM]

"Even better for Air users: you won't be monopolizing your lone USB plug to work it."


Reading helps avoid embarrassing yourself.

[spass @ May 10th 2008 3:00PM]

@MeatyPi

/sarcasm...
yes, there is just one USB , this is the problem.

[Phoenix @ May 10th 2008 3:06PM]

It has a passthrough.

Just don't try running anything TOO high powered.

[Technex @ May 10th 2008 5:01PM]

Yep, no USB fishtanks :(.

[Sirius @ May 10th 2008 7:27PM]

Actually I think it even cures the MBA's I-need-an-extension-cable-jz-to-connect-a-flash-drive problem... that pass-through port looks to be flush with the heatsink and sticks out from the MBA body... heh

[Phoenix @ May 11th 2008 10:14AM]

Yeah, it does seem to cure that issue.

Although there is still the question of whether or not there would be enough power

[Hraefn @ May 10th 2008 2:57PM]

Moshi Zephyr: It puts the "Air" into MacBook Air!

[SimonRichards @ May 10th 2008 2:57PM]

They should have integrated a USB hub at the nearside of the cooler, wouldnt take up any more space, and would give MBA owners at least a couple more USB ports to use!

[Phoenix @ May 11th 2008 10:20AM]

Hmm... The issue with this is that due to the power used by the fan you'd be limited to low power devices, and only one or 2 at a time.

[torqueo @ May 10th 2008 3:12PM]

Awesome. Just another thing to add onto the MBA that should have been there to begin with (sane heat management), which makes it as big or even bigger than most ultra-portables!

*hugs his ThinkPad X61s*

[J @ May 10th 2008 3:13PM]

Meh. This idea is nothing new...

Powersupport have been doing this for years since the G4 Alu powerbooks. Infact, I have one :P

http://www.powersupportusa.com/products/me.php?category=pb

[bartoron @ May 10th 2008 3:28PM]

If the Macbook Air overheats so much, then why does it have the word air in its name? You would assume that they would be able to have at least somewhat decent air circulation inside of that thing.

Time to revolt against the misleading product names!

[torqueo @ May 10th 2008 3:51PM]

Air can't be hot?

[bartoron @ May 10th 2008 4:06PM]

It can be, but hot air is bad for a laptop. :P

[crescentdavid @ May 10th 2008 4:01PM]

macbook Fire

[SFO Kevin @ May 10th 2008 4:06PM]

Damn!!! now i need two manila envelopes!!!....