Re: I am sad.
I mean it will, the thing is though that you will need a surface for the machine to sit on that's flat. So the thing with ice packs is that they bulge outward and aren't flat most of the time. This is where things get inefficient. Because while you could, in theory, rest a laptop on a big enough ice pack, the ice in it would need to be flat, or if we're talking about a really cold gel pack that just never freezes but remains cold, it can't be convex, it needs to be flat.
Then we're talking about the inherent limitations of thermal transfer between one or more materials that will slow down the rate of transfer of kinetic energy. A paper towel could serve as a rudimentary guard against too much moisture going into the intake ports, which is something you'll need as water seeping into the case isn't a good thing.
So yes, thermal transfer might take place. Even less so if the body is plastic though. Also, we're talking about in some cases the board not resting directly against the bottom of the case, but are resting against cutout plastic trimmings or screwed onto standoffs or both. This is again going to cut down on thermal transfer.
What you really want is the opposite of convection, where cool air takes the place of warm air. This is going to be difficult to achieve without some way to circulate the air.
Of course, they do make laptop cooling stands. You can get a cheap one for like $15USD. I don't think they're meant as a replacement for your machine's fans, just as a supplement to its cooling system when it isn't sufficient. But something is better than nothing. Just get one of the ones that is manually controllable and leave it up all the way constantly.
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