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entatlrg

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Mar 2, 2009
3,385
6
Waterloo & Georgian Bay, Canada
If you use the 2021 16” MBP on your lap often how do you like it?

Do you find the weight or the feet underneath bothersome on your legs?

Or do you use some sort of laptop tray? If so what kind of tray or table?

Thanks
 

Sanpete

macrumors 68040
Nov 17, 2016
3,695
1,665
Utah
Too cold! I put an old flannel shirt under it for use in my lap, shaped to avoid blocking the vents at the back.

If somehow you get it too warm, any cheap cooling pad will work fine.
 

fs454

macrumors 68000
Dec 7, 2007
1,986
1,875
Los Angeles / Boston
It's a smooth bottomed laptop and it doesn't really weigh enough to be an issue on your lap. You don't feel the feet on either model enough for it to be noticeable. It also runs very cool even under load.
 

Ipadlover29

macrumors 6502a
May 28, 2011
977
320
I have 16 MacBook m1 pro and its very comfortable on my lap, not heavy. It never even gets slightly warm no matter what im doing on it. Sometimes I use one of those laptop tables from Ikea.
 

neo_cs193p

macrumors regular
May 17, 2016
246
295
It's great. More stable than smaller laptops, and of course the bigger screen is more comfortable on the eyes so I don't have to hunch over.
 
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