Rain Design iLevel Adjustable Notebook Computer Stand with Turntable

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.5 x 7 inches ; 8.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000F37EME
• Item model number: 14"+
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 17, 2006

Product Description

Product Description
The iLevel 14"+ is a dynamic stand with a unique height adjustment slider on the front panel and built-in turntable.This product is designed for MacBook 13", MacBook Pro 15" & 17", PowerBook 15" & 17", iBook 14", other 14", 15", 17" laptops.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Design and Poor Workmanship ... Beware ..., April 19, 2008

By	T. Lam "onthelamb" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this stand for my macbook pro because it was advertised to work well with one, and that's what's pictured in their marketing material. I'm dismayed that it didn't work out ...

This notebook stand shipped well and appeared slick and sturdy out of the box. It's plenty heavy and it does give you a sense of security that it will never buckle nor budge under the weight of a seventeen inch macbook pro. In fact, out of the box it looked and felt quite impressive.

However upon use, there are a number of problems with this stand. Bad problems.

For one, this stand will scratch your $2500+ macbook (mine was about $3500) ...

It's hard to explain so bear with me. There is a rubberized T shaped bar that's supposed to prevent the notebook from slipping down the incline. This T-bar isn't welded to the baseplate, it's *screwed* (was there a pun there?). In fact there are *two* screws that hold the T-bar in place. The problem is these screws are on the inside of the T-bar facing your notebook. Now, there was an attempt at beveling such that the screws lay flat so they don't jut out and scratch your PC, but no dice, there wasn't enough beveling! The end result is your laptop will never touch the rubberized T-bar at all but will rather rest on those two jutting screws and of course ... get scratched! And? There's worse. Those two philips screws were stripped and burred by a laborer who doesn't know how to use a screwdriver! My $3500 laptop was resting on a series of burs (ding!) rather than that rubberized T-bar! The darned thing scratch up my $3500 notebook!

There are other design problems as well ...

That T-bar that doesn't do anything? It actually does. It prevents you from opening a shut computer. That's because you can't press that elongated open-button on your macbook anymore because the T is in the way! Nice design! But there's more. That same T-bar also blocks your CD slot! Imagine you forgetting you have a CD in your your machine and you eject it ... boing!

A few other things you should be aware of ...

This stand swivels. The slightest touch will send your laptop spinning. And by virtue of the design, it can spin right into your brand new aluminum keyboard (ding!) if you don't have ample distance between your stand and your keyboard. Personally, I like my keyboard really close to the laptop so the laptop is closer to me. In fact I like my keyboard somewhat underneath my laptop. You can't do that with this design. I ended up wedging my l bluetooth keyboard into the stand so it wouldn't spin and so my machine was closer. The downside to that? Aluminum against steel. Ding!

Obviously, I don't recommend this stand! Beware ...


Cheers!

5.0 out of 5 stars best stand ever! highly reccomend =), December 12, 2008

By	Kraig L. Tytus (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

ok first things first some people on here are saying that the rail that holds your laptop on here will scratch the front of your Mac. So all i did was buy a $2.00 dollar square of felt, cut a small strip and stuck it on the rail over the "two screws of doom" and boom bam, problem solved. and YES it will allow you to put in and take out dvd/cds with ease, it won't jam it in their and cause it to explode. I have a 17' Mac book pro, and this is the best stand i have owned

3.0 out of 5 stars it's ok. , November 23, 2008

By	C. Yu "Moosehead" (California, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i got this b/c i thought the design looked good and it was functional. only thing i do not like is that it covers the cd/dvd slot. it says that it leaves space for the cd to come out but it doesn't.