between mezzanine construction organization and frankly just way more
important projects this one has kind of fallen through the cracks but finally
months after our first one arrived we're digging through what is hopefully not a
large pile of brushed aluminum garbage to find the best
macbook stands
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so at the end of our search we ended up with eight macbook pro stands mostly
because it's a common search term and we want people to find our video but also
because nothing prevents someone from using a macbook stand with a razor blade
or whatever else unless they're terminally unimaginative so first up is roost's
roost stand two out of ten name terrible but anyway
the product itself is pretty cool it's by far the most compact stand in our
roundup and quickly folds down to 13 inches making it perfect for carting
around with you so you can quickly prop your laptop up in class or at a lan
party or wherever you happen to be with that said it's not my favorite as a
permanent desk installation because its wobble control is unexceptional at best
and its molded plastic and nylon elastic
construction at this price point didn't really blow us away 12 south's newsstand
the curve is more of a desk fixture solution than
a portable one and it's imo by far the
most aesthetically pleasing stand in our roundup today and i'm pretty sure this
one is going to end up in edsel's apartment at some point
but it's not the most rigid stand in our lineup and on my admittedly kind of
shaky desk it's a little bit jarring on
something more solid though it works well enough so if you're after a stand
for looks this one gets our recommendation rain designs m stand
comes in two attractive variants the m stand and the m stand 360 and in three
different colors as you'd probably guess the 360 variant
spins around so my first thought was pos
system maybe but then i was like who the heck uses a macbook as a point of sale
system so yeah according to rain design it's meant
as a collaboration tool
so i'll leave it up to your imagination there as a stand
it's pretty darn good with basically no wobble but as a heat sink
seriously you guys it's obviously complete unless you apply a
generous layer of thermal goop to the bottom of your macbook every time you
use it i mean rubber feet and a sizable
air gap anyone hello
anyway adjustable stands are more my jam so let's look at a few of those now rain
designs eye level has a clean appalachia
aesthetic and a good degree of adjustability but the laptop holding
plate is simply too thin resulting in an
unacceptable amount of wobble regardless of your desk the near 5-star rating on
amazon frankly didn't make a ton of sense to me until i realized that many
people were probably using this product with a 13-inch macbook air and that
should be fine twelve south's high-rise for macbook
is honestly no better the laptop platform is wimpy and doesn't properly
support the 15-inch pro this adjustment mechanism feels like
they sacrificed usability to tick off the adjustable feature box and frankly i
think it looks way better upside down i mean seriously check that out they
should do a revision where it's just they move the the pads around and it's
just upside down bringing us finally then to a product worth your money the
crane stand elevate this bad boy has all
the features without any usability compromises it's three-way adjustable
with bottom and top joints as well as extensions on the support to get a huge
range of motion as you would expect from a stand targeted at djs and while it's a
little more time consuming to adjust once you get it in the right spot thanks
to the little teeth that lock in place it does not move my only gripe with this
one is that it looks like a piece of production equipment and that's not in a
good way so if you're a modern design hipster you'll probably want to stay
away from this one last but not least is 12 south's park slope it's kind of in
its own category for features in that there really aren't any of them it's all
in the name it slopes your laptop when you park it on top putting our 15-inch
macbook pro at just the right angle for comfortable typing similar to the
kickstands on the back of your keyboard the extra screen height is neck friendly
and as you can probably imagine this one doesn't wobble i honestly just wish they
had used this gauge and steel material
on some of the other stands so in conclusion what stand to buy if
aesthetics then the curve or the m stand
they're both sturdy and look great so it's just a matter of which one matches
your setup best for adjustability the only real option here is the crane stand
i wouldn't even consider the other two unless you're rocking a thin and light
and as for an elevated experience my
go-to is 12 south's park slope it's fine but we also didn't have
anything else from this category in the roundup so um
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