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Macbook Air with Mstand

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fk51785

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Feb 5, 2008
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South Florida
I am trying to buy a notebook stand for MBA.

I was thinking either the mStand(Rain Design) or Elevator(Griffin Tech),

and have some questions for those who already have Mstand & MBA.

Because MBA doesn't tilt back as much as MB or MBP,

Does it cause any viewing angle problems when using it on mStand ?
 
MazingerZ

MazingerZ

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Aug 22, 2007
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fk51785 said:
I am trying to buy a notebook stand for MBA.

I was thinking either the mStand(Rain Design) or Elevator(Griffin Tech),

and have some questions for those who already have Mstand & MBA.

Because MBA doesn't tilt back as much as MB or MBP,

Does it cause any viewing angle problems when using it on mStand ?
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I'm interested as well. Pictures would be nice to see.
 
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frunty

macrumors newbie
Feb 4, 2008
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West Des Moines, IA
I bought an mStand to use with my MacBook Pro, and it works fine viewing-angle wise with the MacBook Air as well. There is one problem though - the rubber bumper pads on the front don't come down far enough since the Air's so thin and there's metal-on-metal contact between the front of the Air and the stand. I've gotten a couple of small scratches on the computer, so I don't use it anymore. They'll probably fix it at some point in the future, but for now I'll look for another solution.

mbas.jpg
 
MazingerZ

MazingerZ

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Aug 22, 2007
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frunty said:
I bought an mStand to use with my MacBook Pro, and it works fine viewing-angle wise with the MacBook Air as well. There is one problem though - the rubber bumper pads on the front don't come down far enough since the Air's so thin and there's metal-on-metal contact between the front of the Air and the stand. I've gotten a couple of small scratches on the computer, so I don't use it anymore. They'll probably fix it at some point in the future, but for now I'll look for another solution.

mbas.jpg
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Thanks!

Can you take a picture of the MBA on the stand itself?
 
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fk51785

macrumors regular
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Feb 5, 2008
135
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South Florida
frunty said:
I bought an mStand to use with my MacBook Pro, and it works fine viewing-angle wise with the MacBook Air as well. There is one problem though - the rubber bumper pads on the front don't come down far enough since the Air's so thin and there's metal-on-metal contact between the front of the Air and the stand. I've gotten a couple of small scratches on the computer, so I don't use it anymore. They'll probably fix it at some point in the future, but for now I'll look for another solution.

mbas.jpg
Click to expand...

Thank you so much for the explanation and the pictures.
I really appreciate it. :)
 
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frunty

macrumors newbie
Feb 4, 2008
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West Des Moines, IA
On mine the adhesive is really hard and the rubber started ripping when I tried pulling it off. Maybe I can find some additional padding material to use for a while...
 
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mashinhead

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Oct 7, 2003
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frunty said:
On mine the adhesive is really hard and the rubber started ripping when I tried pulling it off. Maybe I can find some additional padding material to use for a while...
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you can buy stuff like that at a hardware store and just stick them lower down.
 
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