With the Year of the Laptop upon us, several users have moved from the desktop Macintosh machine to the new PowerBooks or iBooks. As PowerBooks are moved to smaller form factors, the increase in the amount of heat that is dissipated thru the case increases. We have reviewed several different laptop stands and we consider this detail to be the most important factor in determining if a laptop stand is worth it. Today, we look at the DVBaseTi from MacMice - a spit and polished stainless-steel stand aimed the discerning laptop user – PC or Mac.

Copper - the ultimate heat dissipater, short of cost-prohibitive Silver. I doubt we will see solid silver CPU heatsinks anytime soon, and as such, pricey but affordable Copper has made its stance in this business. Thermalright has been producing multiple award-winning coolers for Pentium4 and Athlon XP CPUs for a number of years with their SLK series of products. Today, we look at their new big brother - the SLK-900U.