A Closer Look

The top of the G-Pad Pro is fairly smooth and features small holes to allow for some airflow. The underside is shaped like a flat heatsink, to draw air away from the notebook underside. This means that the G-Pad Pro will act more like a heatspreader when used without the fan.


Gigabyte has constructed the pad so it can be folded, which does make transportation a real possibilty, especially with the included pouch. A clean cut Gigabyte logo can be found on the right part of the unit.


The fan can either be used on the desk, blowing across the notebook or just to cool you, the user. It also has clips to be placed on the underside of the G-Pad Pro to actively cool an area of the pad.


An additional feature of the G-Pad Pro are small, rubber mounted feet, so you can stand the entire unit up and place your notebook on top of it. These feet hold quite well and do not allow the pad to budge on a smooth surface.


For use, just unfold it, raise the feet if needed and place your notebook on top of the unit. After placing the newest generation MacBook Pro on the pad, it becomes apparent that the unit is only meant for notebooks up to 15 inches. The Macbook Pro features a 15.4 inch screen, which makes it slightly too wide for the G-Pad Pro. The only downside of such a size is the fact that the notebook feet do not touch the cooling pad and thus the unit tends to slide around easily once placed on top of the cooling unit.