I find myself carrying my 17" MBP like I do my netbook when moving from room to room in my home. When it is open, I grab the bottom corner with my thumb on top and fingers on bottom and carry it one-handed. With the weight of this thing (compared to my netbook) do I need to worry about it flexing and causing any kind of damage? Feels really sturdy, but just thought I'd ask.
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Safe to carry 17" MBP one-handed by the corner?
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It's safe to carry it that way until you drop it. Actually, its not the dropping it that will cause problems, its the landing bit that hurts.... 
Flex shouldn't be a problem.
Flex shouldn't be a problem.
Unibody is hard to bend/flex. Yes it puts stress on it, but its very durable.
My Toshiba (plastic body) will BSOD if I pick it up by the corner. I think it flexes to the point where it bends the RAM out of place just a little bit and crashes the system.
I wouldn't do it simply because of the 'butter fingers' syndrome. You just never know when it'll strike.
You paid about $2000 for that Mac. That is not safe. Not because you are putting more stress on the Macbook it self. You putting more stress on yourself when you drop it!
Seems like a precarious way to hold your notebook. The 17" has a pretty large footprint to begin with too.
When I want to move my 15" MBP (lid open) one handed, I "cradle" it on my left forearm and stabilize the spine/lid with my left hand. Sort of the way a restaurant server might cradle a plate as he brings it to the table.
When I want to move my 15" MBP (lid open) one handed, I "cradle" it on my left forearm and stabilize the spine/lid with my left hand. Sort of the way a restaurant server might cradle a plate as he brings it to the table.
Think about the pressure on your thumb! Move your MBP too many times this way and you may get CTS (Carpal Thumb Syndrome)....
lol your nuts
i did that for ages to my old 17" mbp 2008 non unibody and nothing happened, now the unibody has a 1/8 inch thick band around it and a lot more and a lot heavier structure. it won't do it any harm
I only carry it by the corner when putting it a short distance away. Like if I'm with it on the couch I might pick it up by the corner to put it on the table
But thats with a 13". A reckon a 17" is a lil' bit too big for that...
But thats with a 13". A reckon a 17" is a lil' bit too big for that...
I always carry my 17" in two hands - and often held against my chest just to be safe.
If you have seen any of the many photos on this site of people who dropped their unibodies - even from a low height onto a somewhat flexible floor - you would never carry it one hand.
A plastic computer flexes and snaps back to shape, maybe with a gouge or two. An aluminum computer flexes and stays bent - certainly with a gouge or two.
JB
If you have seen any of the many photos on this site of people who dropped their unibodies - even from a low height onto a somewhat flexible floor - you would never carry it one hand.
A plastic computer flexes and snaps back to shape, maybe with a gouge or two. An aluminum computer flexes and stays bent - certainly with a gouge or two.
JB