AmesMUG: MBP Laptop Stand Recommendations

[John Rearick]

I got the Elevator for Christmas.  With my MBP, I have not experienced  
any slippage.  The only gripe I have is that my Apple display doesn't  
have an adjustable height, but it is much better than having it on the  
desk.

John


On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Brandon Newendorp wrote:

> I have both the Elevator and the iCurve (predecessor to the  
> Elevator).  Both are great - one benefit to the Elevator is that you  
> can easily break it down into 3 parts if you are moving or taking it  
> somewhere...I bring mine home with me for Christmas break, for  
> example.
>
> The mStand is pretty though...
> --
> Brandon Newendorp
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:
>
>> I have the mStand and like it very much, because I can barely  
>> notice it.  And you can shake the desk all you want, because the  
>> mStand has a small lip on the bottom that both prevents the MacBook  
>> from falling off and keeps it firmly in place.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Jonathan Salvador
>> jonny at iastate.edu
>>
>> On Feb 24, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Nicholas Meyer wrote:
>>
>>> I have the Griffin Elevator and I'm pretty happy with it. You just  
>>> have to be careful not to shake the desk too much, the computer  
>>> has a tendency to slide down on it a bit if you do (but it's never  
>>> gotten close to falling off).
>>>
>>> -Nick
>>>
>>> On Feb 24, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Im finally rearranging and reorganizing things on my desk and one  
>>>> of the things I'd like to do is to get a stand that rises my 15"  
>>>> MacBook Pro into the air to cool it down as I run a lot of cpu  
>>>> intensive applications and keep it as level as possible with my  
>>>> dell lcd screen. So far the only good stands I've found are
>>>>
>>>> the mStand (im leaning towards right now) http://www.raindesigninc.com/mstand.html
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> the Evevator http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/elevator
>>>>
>>>> are there any other good stands out there that really raise  
>>>> macbook/pro's into the air and aren't just angle incline stands  
>>>> that tilt the back of a laptop up? Do any of you who have these  
>>>> stands like/hate specific things about them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Colin Wheeler
>>>> colindw at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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