OK, so I just bought these legs and tried them out. While the idea is great, the execution is poor. These legs, even while retracted, measure 1/3″ high! Which means that if you have a slim notebook, like I do (1.2″ thick), applying these legs will make it seem a lot thicker. Unappealing. The footprint is large too (2″ by 1.75″). My laptop’s underside is covered with air vents, stickers and screws, so finding an appropriate spot large enough to apply a leg was almost impossible, let alone two. The plastic used for its construction is third-rate. Overall, pass on this product.

I had a Gateway laptop eight years ago (with a 13.3″ XGA screen) that had the exact same feature. It was incredibly useful and well-designed – whenever I put it on a table, I’d lift up the back of the notebook, slide my index fingers under it and clicked two buttons which popped out little plastic “legs”. The angle made it much more pleasant to type on, and of course a good side effect is better ventilation.

I’ve never found a notebook since which had this feature built-in, not even Gateway’s newer models.