There ’s been a bit of a brouhaha around the Mac Web about “ problems ” with Apple ’s MacBook melodic line of notebook computer computers . But as Jason Snell wrote last week , it ’s difficult to figure out what ’s actually a widespread problem and what ’s merely the concerns of a few ( intelligibly ) unhappy hoi polloi , stand from isolated issues , amplified by the echo chamber that is the Internet . We can reassert only the experiences we have ourselves , and , so far , our experience with the MacBook line have been quite positive .
However , one trouble wehaveseen , if you may call it a problem , has to do with cutting corners . No , I do n’t think scrimp on timbre to redeem a few buck . I think of , quite literally , corners that rationalise . As Jonathan Seff mentioned in his in - deepness review of the MacBook line :
I , and my wrist joint , can confirm the existence of this sharp border , at least on my family ’s MacBook . In fact , even my wife has complained about it . This latter point is remarkable because she tends to be my Barometer of the Typical Consumer , if you will : She ’s generally satisfied with , but unexcited by , engineering science , so a product has to be very right to impress her or have a significant flaw to disoblige her . So for her to bring in up this rough edge , unprompted , severalize me it ’s something citizenry other than just us nitpicking Mac geeks will notice . ( Yeah , yeah , yeah … with ideal typing word form , your radiocarpal joint should never touch the wrist - ease . But few people I have it away will gain ground awards for typing form . And most people at least rest their wrists periodically ; after all , it ’s call awrist - restfor a reasonableness . )
Widespread yield or not , the question for me became , “ What do I do about this ? ” As lot would have it , over the past yoke month I ’ve received several “ wrist joint - rest”-type product for the MacBook . None of these were designed specifically to address our MacBook ’s sharp edge , but one of them works serendipitously well : AVA ’s $ 15Softpads ( ) . uncommitted in white , red , light-green , or blueish , Softpads are slight , microfiber - froth wrist pads , approximately 3.9 by 3.2 inches in size of it , with reusable - adhesive backing . They adhere to the wrist - rest area of any Apple laptop and are designed to protect your carpus - rests from scratch and improve puff . However , when apply so that their bottom edge are flush with the the MacBook ’s sharp wrist - rest bound — a bit low-toned than the troupe urge — I’ve constitute Softpads to be an idealistic solution to our MacBook ’s radiocarpal joint - mincing lip . ( And for what it ’s worth , Softpads do indeed making type more comfortable and keep scratches forth . )
Second , in my testing , Softpads were slender enough that , although they really did feel likepads , they did n’t interfere with the right closedown of our MacBook ’s chapeau . Finally , every set of Softpads includes a tenuous , microfiber material for cleaning your laptop computer ’s screen .
Now , grant , we ’ve been using Softpads on our MacBook for only a calendar month or so ; it ’s potential that over extended use at the very boundary of your MacBook ’s carpus - eternal sleep , the bottom edges of the Softpads may get wear down and miss their power to buffer this corner .
But aright now , the big issue with Softpads — realized only after I ’d nearly finished this clause — is that I ca n’t seem to find a U.S. retail merchant that carries them . AVA has distributor , and several retail stores , in Asia , but the company ’s products presently are n’t useable in the U.S. Based on my conversations with ship’s company representatives , AVA is in the appendage of adjust up U.S sales ; I ’ll update this clause when that happens . ( If you ’re seriously concerned in Softpads , you could could alsocontactthe company to encourage them to make the product available in the U.S. ) I apologise for the tease . If it ’s any consolation , I was attend to purchase another set myself .
