What is on the underside - the surface that would be in contact with your legs when it's on your lap? It looks like hard plastic - is that true?
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Yes, it's regular plastic with vents. Nothing extraordinary, feels ok. The real problem is with the power cord that broke on mine after a year of light use so be aware.
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Sorry for the late reply. The cooling pad is tapered like a wedge. The bottom is flat with similar vent holes like the top. It has rubber L shaped legs to stop it from sliding. Note: I bought mine in 2012 and it lasted a year plus. I believe it developed a short in the cable.
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Yes, it's made of hard plastic with dual intake vents that continuously pull in cool air.
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it is flat and yes it is plastic and the air blows out under it. It's comfortable to have if it's on your lap.
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Good question. I had to lean it over & feel the bottom to find out... It is wood that has ridges in it. I have mine on carpet so it isn't a problem. You may wanna buy rubber or silicone grips for the leg bottoms if you want to put this on anything but carpet so it doesn't slip.
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No it's not. It's about an inch thick, so I lay it on a lapdesk. That works for me.
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the top of the cooling pad is a metal grill (or metal mesh)... for lack of better words. if your laptop has rubber feet on it... it shouldn't slide anywhere... ours doesn't. even when the feet of the cooling pad are raised so as to incline the back of the laptop higher... i haven't notice any sliding.
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It looks to be a textured surface that is pretty much smooth. My Microsoft mouse just slides over the mouse pad surface. Very little resistance compared to a regular mouse pad. One great thing about using the 3M pad it takes very little effort to move the mouse and you have to get acclimated to that feel. One thing that I did was to peel off the backing of the 3M mouse pad and glue it to a regular mouse pad I had left over. Now the 3M pad never moves.I like the 3M pad so much I have 2 of them.I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.Great product!!!!!!!!!
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It is ridged (very thin and hard). Which is what you want if it's sitting on your lap.
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The top is plastic of some type, but it is very sturdy, it doesn't bend when being used. The bottom is a very soft cloth over polystrene beads, comfortable when on your lap.
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As said in the description, it is a plastic hard case but the exterior has a smooth, almost silicone like, texture to it. it doesn't provide much grip if you were to carry the computer around with you. But the bottom does have 4 rubber feet to prevent sliding on flat surfaces. hope that helps...
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It isn't a hard surface, it's pretty, well floppy for lack of a better word. You can easily roll it up into a tube. It's not as thick as some mouse pads as well, but it's giant! Hope that helps.
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The bottom is smooth plastic with rounded corners and would appear to me to be very comfortable. On the corners of the bottom rubber pads that are very useful on the top of the desk. The top is aluminum with many holes in it where it both receives/sends cooling air. The pads would help it from slipping off of your lap. Well made works good. Two usb plugs, one for slow and two for fast.
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It is a plastic surface made to look and feel like heavy sandpaper. My dog doesn't slip on it unless he tries to scrambleup too fast. It seems to be quite durable.
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The interior is not padded or fuzzy, but it has a fabric-like texture. It is such that I do not see how it could scratch the outer surface of a laptop. I am pretty concerned about this sort of thing myself, but I have never been concerned that the interior of this case would scratch.
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The bottom is a rubbery (not slippery and not squishy) feeling plastic (if you knock on it with your fist it's a hard material). I use mine on carpet but my wife uses one on wood floors and it doesn't slide or leave scratches.
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the underside is made of a thin, soft material so it won't scratch your desk. I have my mac partly on it so it is not moving. I just tried it without the computer on it and it moves a little bit after a while, nothing that would bother me.
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It's a soft, durable vinyl and or rubber. It offers some protection, but I would be concern about the keyboard circuit should it be dropped on a hard surface. I have had no problems with my unit.
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There is a small ledge across the bottom; however, I have to say that I didn't feel comfortable resting my expensive laptop on this item so I returned it. It is very flimsy.
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It's slightly textured, my wired mouse works ok on it...You might want to add more filler to it mine falls off my lap at a flinch , so I added packing material to it ...