I had a black plastic case on my macbook air by Topcase from amazon. I wanted to take it off to check my computer for dents and I nearly broke my screen trying to get it off. I tried taking it off different ways and by the tabs but the tabs would not release. I was able to get the bottom off ok but the top was so bad. Im actually afraid to put it back on. watch out of you get this case. its a nice cheap case otherwise. Also there is vents on the bottom despite the air having no vents there. so its just an opportunity for debris to get inside and under the bottom case.
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Topcase really hard to remove
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Even then its still hard to get off. I had a clear hard case, and I tried to get it off with a credit card, ended up breaking the credit card in half. I will NEVER put one of those stupid shells on my MBA again. I found a better case thank goodness that the MBA just slips in and out of.
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To clean it. Dirt and what not can often get stuck in between the case and the MacBook which will cause scratches. Nobody has time for scratches.
A buyer like me will demand to see the quality of the outside surface of the laptop underneath the cover, especially if your selling point is that you've kept the cover on it the entire time and it's never been taken off.
Hi, I would like to share that it is actually easy to remove both top and bottom cases. What you have to do is to slide the case up or down to release the clip that attaches your case to the laptop. Try it! It works for both top and bottom. Just slide the case up or down to release the clippings. 'Slide' means to drag the case either up or down while it is attached to the laptop.
There's instructions on the moshimonde website, its for their snap on case, but basically applies to all cases. 
When I removed my spec case from my old mid 2010 MacBook Pro to sell it, there were scratches and minor imperfections all over the thing. It made me sick to my stomach. I kept that computer in an incase sleeve and had the speck case it whole life and for last last year or so that I had it (sold it last week) I just kept the case on as it had done its job up to that point. Never again will I put one of those things on my computer. Just gonna go the incase sleeve route from now on.
When I removed my spec case from my old mid 2010 MacBook Pro to sell it, there were scratches and minor imperfections all over the thing. It made me sick to my stomach. I kept that computer in an incase sleeve and had the speck case it whole life and for last last year or so that I had it (sold it last week) I just kept the case on as it had done its job up to that point. Never again will I put one of those things on my computer. Just gonna go the incase sleeve route from now on.
You have to remove the shell to clean it sometimes! Pretty much applies to most cases on most electronics, eventually things just sneak in...