Nice stand but with the usual Apple premium attached.
i bet you couldn't copy it and sell it for less. in fact, i bet you couldnt make one of these for $70, or 1000 of them for $70,000. i'll even allow you to make it in China.
Nice stand but with the usual Apple premium attached.
HERESY!!! Someone fetch the tar and feathers!
designed to compliment Apple's sleek aluminum notebooks.
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South Carolina-based Twelve South has released a new adjustable desktop stand designed to compliment Apple's sleek aluminum notebooks. The HiRise for MacBook stand elevates the notebook from a few inches to half a foot off the desk, while staying nearly invisible.
TwelveSouth sells a riser for the iMac as well, also called the HiRise.
HiRise for MacBook is available for $70 on the Twelve South website and Apple's online and retail stores.
Article Link: Twelve South Releases New MacBook Desktop Stand
So I own the Rain mStand, and this new Twelve South looked nice... in the pix. So I got one. What a piece of junk. I took it out and thought I was missing a piece. It's so light, I thought it would fall over. It's thickest part is about half as thick as the mStand, and it's not all aluminum. I broke one of the arms that the computer rests on. The grips on the bottom of the unit do not grip. I used it on a flat wooden table (sealed) and it was moving all over the place.
It has aluminum color, but the arms are definitely not aluminum, it simply broke off, clean break. Alloy?
Also the grips that are supposed to grip the computer, along with the grips on the bottom that don't work, I wouldn't trust this with my computer on it. They tell you not to type while the computer is one, but they should tell you not to be near this when your computer is on it. I'd rather lose $70 than $2k.
You do realize that the space underneath is for storing the keyboard? When you are typing just pull the keyboard forward.
In my case I just use the keyboard on the Macbook when it's on the stand. But that's probably not very comfortable for a lot of folk.