This swivel action is silent and smooth, and the torque is good. It is easy to rotate, but it's not going to spin when you don't want it to, or if the airplane you're on starts a tight turn. Heh, I used to hope that Apple would come out with a laptop that had a swiveling screen. This is almost as cool. It would be definitely come in handy at a meeting, presentation, or a job interview, and would make a great conversation starter as you're booting up.
Most laptops dissipate heat through the bottom.
If you place a running laptop on a bed or your lap, where the air is blocked, it may overheat. We monitored the temperature of a Pismo PowerBook CPU using a little ap called Thermograph , but surprisingly, we found little difference in operating temperatures with and without the Coolpad. We'd be interested in hearing from other geeks how the CoolPad performed for them in this regard. While you're relaxing on the couch surfing, it makes a nice little platform to work on, and you won't even notice your laptop's heat. Yep, there's nothing worse than a hot laptop on your lap on a hot day.