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The Mx is a first-of-kind and patent-pending product line that represents SVALT’s most ambitious effort to create the ultimate sustainable, full-featured and high-performance laptop workstation. The Mx product line was designed to exceed everything that had come before with extreme laptop cooling capabilities that help reduce temperatures, quiet built-in fans, and tackle high-intensity and long-duration workloads.

Mx Model vs Mx Model

MxDW2, MxSW2-hi and MxSW2-lo side views, rendering.

MxDW, MxSW-hi and MxSW-lo side views, rendering.

The second-generation MxDW2 / MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo and first-generation MxDW / MxSW-hi / MxSW-lo models have minor differences as they all share the same massive heatsink, all are available with fans to boost cooling, and all include exchangeable supports. So select the Mx model that best meets your current workstation setup and aesthetic preferences, and add additional supports with bundle discounts as needed. If preferences for workstation setups and aesthetics are less of a factor, then the following comparisons may aide in Mx model selection.

Mx 2nd vs 1st Gen Supports

2nd Gen Support Advantages

• MxDW2 / MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo enlarges support openings and raises heatsink position for improved heatsink and fan airflow cooling.
• MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo lowers heatsink angle for improved conductive coupling and heat transfer cooling.
• MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo includes new laptop support arms for improved laptop fit and cooling, especially for smaller 14-inch and 13-inch laptops.
• MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo reduces desktop footprint to free up desk space and create a more compact workstation setup.
• MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo includes new area for tucking in external keyboard.
• MxSW2-hi includes new adjustable height supports and MxSW2-lo includes new adjustable height feet for leveling uneven surfaces.
• MxDW2 / MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo includes new white hardwood support material made from 9 layers of high-quality baltic birch hardwood veneers to create a solid void-free multi-ply core with formaldehyde-free binder.
• MxDW2 / MxSW2-hi / MxSW2-lo includes new black heatsink finish for improved emissivity and radiant cooling.

1st Gen Support Advantages

• MxSW-hi / MxSW-lo includes multiple heatsink positions for compatibility with a wide range of laptop sizes in a single support part.

Mx Stand vs Dock Supports

Stand Support Advantages

• Flexibility of operating laptop with the screen-closed in clamshell mode or with the screen open for use of the laptop’s built-in display and keyboard/trackpad.
• Accommodates a wide variety of laptop models and sizes with separate bolt-on laptop support arms (2nd gen) or adjustable heatsink mounting positions (1st gen).
• Near horizontal laptop support position presses laptop weight onto the heatsink for increased conductive heat transfer (2nd gen further improved).

Dock Support Advantages

• Frees up desk space with a leaning upright laptop position for a more compact reduced desk footprint (2nd gen high/low stands have reduced footprint).
• Accommodates a wide variety of laptop models a sizes with unique patented leaning clamshell support system.
• 140mm or 80mm fan compatibility, and can simultaneous run both 140mm and 80mm fans for increased cooling performance.

Mx High vs Low Stand Supports

High Support Advantages

• Elevated laptop position for improved viewing ergonomics and improved alignment with external monitors.
• More open space under heatsink improves passive and active cooling airflows (2nd gen high stand further improved).
• 140mm fan compatibility for increased heatsink cooling with lower noise from an extra-large fan size (2nd gen high stand further improved).

Low Stand Support Advantages

• Lower laptop angle and lower height for a lower profile workstation setup with improved laptop keyboard typing ergonomics (2nd gen high stand has lower angle, and is comparable to 1st gen low stand).
• Lower laptop angle presses laptop weight onto the heatsink for increased conductive heat transfer (2nd gen high stand has lower angle, and is comparable to 1st gen low stand and close to 2nd gen low stand).
• 80mm fan compatibility for heatsink cooling as well as direct internal processor cooling with 2021+ MacBook Pros and other laptops with a central intake vent.

Mx Docks vs DHCR4

DHCR4 on left and MxDW2 on right, side and back views, rendering.

The MxDW2 / MxDW Cooling Dock models pair the Mx heatsink with dock side supports to take the 4th generation DHCR’s exceptional silent thermally conductive heatsink cooling to the next level.

• 202% increase in thermally conductive coupling area to silently extract more heat from the laptop processor location when compared to the DHCR 4th gen (219% increase over 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen DHCRs).
• 365% increase in cooling fin surface area to silently remove more heat from the heatsink and to provide more cooling when compared to the DHCR 4th and 3rd gen (579% increase over 1st, 2nd gen DHCRs).
• New enormous 140mm fan bolts directly onto heatsink to boost heatsink cooling performance with maximum cooling and minimum noise.
• New 140mm fan combines with the 80mm fan’s direct internal processor cooling for even greater cooling capabilities.
• New steeper leaning laptop support angle for increased stability and heatsink coupling efficiency.
• New modular laptop support system for multiple workstation setups with the massive heatsink.
• New wood supports for natural aesthetic, lower cost, and increased sustainability with rapidly-renewable bamboo and black-core fiber made from 89% renewable and 100% recovered wood fiber.
• New cable management system hides cable clutter and holds cables in place for quick laptop setup.
• New modular sustainable packaging system made of cardboard and paper-based materials for easy recycling and reduced environmental impact.

Mx Stands vs Sx

SxG12 side and back views, rendering.

MxSW2-hi w/ 140mm fan side and back views, rendering.

MxSW2-lo w/ 80mm fan side and back views, rendering.

The MxSW-hi / MxSW-lo / MxS-lo Cooling Stand models pair the Mx heatsink with aluminum and wood stand supports to bring silent thermally conductive heatsink cooling to the Cooling Stand product line for the first time.

• Radicle increase in silent cooling capabilities for open-screen and closed-screen laptops.
• Option for even larger and quieter 140mm cooling fan.
• New modular laptop support system for multiple workstation setups with the massive heatsink.
• New second generation supports reduce desktop footprint to free up desk space and create a more compact workstation setup.
• New second generation supports create recessed open space under laptop support arms for users to tuck in an external keyboard.
• New adjustable height supports level uneven surfaces for rock solid laptop support.
• New wood supports for natural aesthetic, lower cost, and increased sustainability with rapidly-renewable bamboo and black-core fiber made from 89% renewable and 100% recovered wood fiber.
• New modular sustainable packaging system made of cardboard and paper-based materials for easy recycling and reduced environmental impact.

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