What I like about the iCurve is it's sleek simplicity. It looks to be practical as well as attractive looking. The Kamas PowerBook Stand on the other hand looks as if it was a prop out of Minority Report. Very nice indeed.
Am I the only one that thinks the Lapvantage looks lame? There's no reason for a stand to have so much presence. It's not like there's electronics inside the base or anything... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
hey, I would like to have one that I can use on my lap. The tibook 800 gets pretty hot, and I would like to have something to sit it on, I usually use it on my lap. Any suggestions / websites?
<strong>Uh... I still think something like this is the perfect PowerBook stand. Flat, has a handle, plastic ones are lightweight, cheap ($5 to $10), and many plastic and wooden models fit the PowerBook perfectly. Keeps your lap cool and your PowerBook flex free to eliminate the annoying scratchy CD sounds.
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I don't want a stand to use in my lap or for any decorative purpose. I am buying a new PB and a 17" flat panel, and I want to put the PB on ledge above the desk with the screen pointing downwards at some angle. For this, it looks as though the kamas stand will be the best.
I don't think he meant that those wooden cutting boards would be considered decorative, just that they come in nearly ideal sizes for laptops and they are very effective at thwarting excess heat. I set hot pans/skillets on them all the time, to protect the counter, little or no heat is gonna reach your lap through one of those.
To me, an ideal solution would be something like a zip up leather binder that just hugs the contours of the laptop, but has hard aluminum plates in the cover flaps with foam padding on the inside of the screen flap but on the outside of the keyboard flap. That way the screen stays protected in transit and the base sits on a stiff, flex free surface so that air travels between it and your lap -- this way you can use the laptop "in case" without overheating the book or you.
Because air vents out the back, you could make the "spine" of your binder out of a curved semi-rigid plastic joining the two metal plates. Air could freely move around the hinge area when open, and when closed it would provide a nice bumper against shocks/jolts on the corners of the case.
You could probably rig you own system (as I've described) by cutting two nice pieces of 1/4" aluminum plate to fit a nice leather executive binder. Polishing them smooth, drilling them for lightness (and to provide anchor points), and then carefully tearing out the interior upholstery of the binder and sewing in the plates and foam padding.
I could probably make one for someone if I had the time.
My <a href="http://roadtools.com/podium.html"; target="_blank">coolpad</a> works well. It's old skool and not nearly as chic as some of those other ones, but it gets the job done.
<strong>My <a href="http://roadtools.com/podium.html"; target="_blank">coolpad</a> works well. It's old skool and not nearly as chic as some of those other ones, but it gets the job done.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The CoolPad rocks all other PB stands in my opinion, since it's one of the only PB stands I've seen that you can actually pack with you when you travel, and it swivels too. I love the one that I bought for my iBook. My only regret is that the store I go to for Mac stuff doesn't have the version of the CoolPad that's molded in white.
For a stationary PB stand, I'd go for the Japanese Kamas stand, from macexports.com. It costs an arm and a leg, but man, that *is* cool.
<strong>My sister ordered an iCurve over 2 months ago and still hasn't received hers yet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I ordered mine the week BEFORE MacWorld NY, met the guys there and was told they'd be shipping soon. When was that? July? About the same time as those guys with the under-iMac units started taking orders..... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
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Me going to get one.
And improves ergonomics! Thats a good thing!
My friend has one and I am hella-impressed... :eek:
<a href="http://www.lapvantage.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.lapvantage.com/</a>;
<a href="http://www.macsonly.com/macimp/kamas.html"; target="_blank">http://www.macsonly.com/macimp/kamas.html</a>;
Of course, the price is also the highest
<strong>Not as cool as the lapvantage...
My friend has one and I am hella-impressed... :eek:
<a href="http://www.lapvantage.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.lapvantage.com/</a></strong><hr></blockquote>;
Those are really great!
Me want one of these now
Am I the only one that thinks the Lapvantage looks lame? There's no reason for a stand to have so much presence. It's not like there's electronics inside the base or anything... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
<strong>Uh... I still think something like this is the perfect PowerBook stand. Flat, has a handle, plastic ones are lightweight, cheap ($5 to $10), and many plastic and wooden models fit the PowerBook perfectly. Keeps your lap cool and your PowerBook flex free to eliminate the annoying scratchy CD sounds.
I don't want a stand to use in my lap or for any decorative purpose. I am buying a new PB and a 17" flat panel, and I want to put the PB on ledge above the desk with the screen pointing downwards at some angle. For this, it looks as though the kamas stand will be the best.
To me, an ideal solution would be something like a zip up leather binder that just hugs the contours of the laptop, but has hard aluminum plates in the cover flaps with foam padding on the inside of the screen flap but on the outside of the keyboard flap. That way the screen stays protected in transit and the base sits on a stiff, flex free surface so that air travels between it and your lap -- this way you can use the laptop "in case" without overheating the book or you.
Because air vents out the back, you could make the "spine" of your binder out of a curved semi-rigid plastic joining the two metal plates. Air could freely move around the hinge area when open, and when closed it would provide a nice bumper against shocks/jolts on the corners of the case.
You could probably rig you own system (as I've described) by cutting two nice pieces of 1/4" aluminum plate to fit a nice leather executive binder. Polishing them smooth, drilling them for lightness (and to provide anchor points), and then carefully tearing out the interior upholstery of the binder and sewing in the plates and foam padding.
I could probably make one for someone if I had the time.
<strong>My sister ordered an iCurve over 2 months ago and still hasn't received hers yet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's because they haven't shipped yet.
<strong>My <a href="http://roadtools.com/podium.html"; target="_blank">coolpad</a> works well. It's old skool and not nearly as chic as some of those other ones, but it gets the job done.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The CoolPad rocks all other PB stands in my opinion, since it's one of the only PB stands I've seen that you can actually pack with you when you travel, and it swivels too. I love the one that I bought for my iBook. My only regret is that the store I go to for Mac stuff doesn't have the version of the CoolPad that's molded in white.
For a stationary PB stand, I'd go for the Japanese Kamas stand, from macexports.com. It costs an arm and a leg, but man, that *is* cool.
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That's because they haven't shipped yet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, I wasn't asking why.
<strong>My sister ordered an iCurve over 2 months ago and still hasn't received hers yet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I ordered mine the week BEFORE MacWorld NY, met the guys there and was told they'd be shipping soon. When was that? July? About the same time as those guys with the under-iMac units started taking orders.....
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That's because they haven't shipped yet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
DUH!