Hi Beverly,

> fwiw, the first thought that comes to mind is that the design fails to
> take cooling needs into consideration.

Hmm, this never crossed my mind. I've used RAM products for a couple of
years now, and I think I haven't suffered cooling problems (or at least I
think I haven't).

> The next question would be if it allows portrait orientation...
> seems to be somewhat laptop centric from the images.

You can orient the tray any way you like. The following demo shows it in
horisontal, as well as vertical orientation:
http://www.ram-mount.com/flash3/2346b.swf

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Marvin Hlavac
Laptop GPS World
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