Essential laptop accessories

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Can anyone suggest a good MacBook sized laptop case? I like the simple sleeves, but all the 13"-range ones I've found that were meant for VAIOs don't fit correctly, so I'm using an oversized and loose 15.4" one I got cheap. I figured that since it's been out for a few months now, tailored cases will be available. Can't find much other than the prissy $50 ones on apple.com

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I found this thread about sleeves for 13" macbooks: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=295885

Hope that helps, I see a couple sleeves there that might be good for my Acer Aspire

Update: Just picked up an amazing laptop bag called the SwissGear Jupiter, returned the Kensington bag. I can't seem to find the Jupiter online anywhere; maybe it's a discontinued item?

Kensington is shit. I just bought their optical wireless mouse and the pointer is very "loose" no matter how tight I program it.

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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon

Kensington is shit. I just bought their optical wireless mouse and the pointer is very "loose" no matter how tight I program it.

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Thier track balls are the best

My free w/ rebates Microsoft USB optical mouse so far works flawlessly, I almost bought a $50 one instead...

Now I just need to find a good cooling pad so I can use the laptop in bed.

Any recommendations?

My optical wireless MicroSoft mouse was fan-fucking-tastic for almost two years and then instantly went to shitsville without warning. The scroll-wheel totally fucked up and would move the page up and down without even being triggered.

As for a good laptop cooling pad, try this one: http://bensbargains.net/deal/1832/ I've heard tons of good shit about it but I myself don't own one so I wouldn't know. A link to Amazon.com shows it on sale for $9.99 but they've since run out.

Last night I picked up a small mobile notebook cooling fan at Radio Shack for $20 (this one: http://coolbidnow.stores.yahoo.net/thmoiia1usbe.html ). It sits on the side of the laptop and blows into the side vent, I'm thinking about returning it for a real cooling pad. My reason for buying it was it doesn't use much power off the USB port and it blows 45 CFM (most cooling pads I've seen blow around 20 with 2 fans combined). My concern is that the side vent is where the interior fan blows hot air out, and from what I've read you want to keep all the air blowing one way.

That Nexus pad you linked to fascinates me; does it really cool down the laptop to the degree a fan would? If so I'd pay regular price for it.