iCurve comments
It's amazing how much a piece of lucite has improved my Mac-using experience. Griffin sent me an iCurve a couple of weeks ago, and though it sounds absurd, I've really grown to love it.
The iCurve is a curved piece of lucite with a few non-skid strips on the top that has been designed to raise your PowerBook or iBook up to eye level from your desk. The idea is to reduce back, eye and neck strain by getting your focal point more in line of where it would be if you were using a regular monitor instead of the PowerBook screen.
It works really well. The only problem I've found is that it still leaves the wires and cables for all your PowerBook accessories dangling free, which is ugly, but I can't see any really effective way keeping in design with the style (clear lucite) to handle that. I suppose I could get a wireless keyboard and mouse to get rid of a couple of wires too.
At $40, the iCurve is a pricey lifestyle accessory compared to what you can do by stacking a couple of phone books underneath your PowerBook, but it's a lot cleaner and a lot more elegant.
Comments
A laptop with an adjustable screen is long overdue.
Years ago, I wrote an e-mail to Apple requesting features like a backlit keyboard and the self-adjusting screen brightness. It seems they heard me on those. I think it's time for a new e-mail. ;)
Posted by: fccovett | February 29, 2004 01:43 PM
you had me at "curved piece of lucite"
Posted by: james | February 29, 2004 03:44 PM
It also works really well when you set it next to your existing monitor...dual monitors! cha-ching!
Posted by: lyssa | March 1, 2004 09:18 AM
Just keep the cats away from the iCurve! (It was a feline head-butt to mine that knocked the powerbook off my desk).
Posted by: Colin | March 1, 2004 11:19 AM