We’ve already addressed the fact that notebooks were once called laptops, but due to the heat they produce, the name has all but disappeared to prevent a generation of internet savvy individuals from being unable to produce offspring. Plenty of solutions have been released to rectify the dangers of placing a heavily heated device on ones lap, including devices with and without fans. But none of them have looked nearly as bad ass as the ThermalTake T2000 Notebook Cooler.

The fact that this device looks about 20 times cooler than my laptop makes it difficult for me to even want to place it on there. Capable of handling up to a 15 inch laptop, this device can’t exactly handle the big boys like my 19 inch Dell media center notebook, but anything within reason, going all the way down to my 7 inch Eee PC fits perfectly on it.

The slated top allows for excellent air flow and actually grips on to your notebook pretty firmly. Inside that area are two 7 cm fans that run surprisingly quiet. The angled design keeps the bottom of the T2000 Notebook Cooler off your lap or other service enough so that the air being brought in and pushed out isn’t going directly into another surface, thus reducing its effectiveness.

The portability is by far my favorite aspect of the entire device. It’s fairly light weight, compact (it fit inside my 15 inch laptops bag), and runs completely off of USB for power. This solved a lot of issues, as previous coolers that I’ve used have actually had heavier power supply’s then the device itself. The device comes with a DC to USB plug, which I haven’t run across before, and is long enough to reach wherever your USB ports are. Mine happened to be right about the port, so unfortunately I found the cord rather long, but I’ve seen my fair share of laptops to know that not all of us are that lucky.

At $39.99, my only real concern is the fact that I won’t actually be able to make my laptop look even remotely cool enough to match the style that the T2000 Notebook Cooler has. Comparatively, the price is around what you’d expect to pay for a device of this quality, especially one that powers itself through USB and not through a bulky DC adapter.

T2000 Notebook Cooler provided for review by ThermalTake.

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