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Do you feel like with one foul slip of the wrist you could be lying in a pool of blood in front of your macbook and its edges that could be used as a fillet knife?
After having my new macbook for a week, my wrists have become progressively sore and more and more easily irritated by my book's edges with each use. Well, after enough frustration, discomfort and wearing wrist bands today, I came up with a solution...
WHY NOT cover the edges where my wrists rest, with something?
-Blanket, no-- too obtrusive.
-Some gel rest from a desktop mousepad? No-- how would that work?
Finally it hit me and this is the result:
BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE! How awesome!
Not only does it cover the edges, but because of the composition of the tape, it is a bit cushion-y and has a nice feel on the wrists. And nicely enough the tape doesn't really draw much attention at all, being that it is semi-matte and under your wrists.
The tape still allows the laptop to close properly and I can't see any detriment that it could cause to the computer. Aside from being a quick mod, it is also cheap (DUH!) XD and can be undone/redone as often as you'd like-- for those of us too proud to show the world that our lovely macbooks indeed have a fundamental flaw.
I did this with hast, so the cuts in the tape to allow the sleep lite and IR sensor to stay exposed in a little sloppy, but I can fix that when I decide to change up the tape.
Just thought I would share this for those of you suffering like me. ENJOY!
After having my new macbook for a week, my wrists have become progressively sore and more and more easily irritated by my book's edges with each use. Well, after enough frustration, discomfort and wearing wrist bands today, I came up with a solution...
WHY NOT cover the edges where my wrists rest, with something?
-Blanket, no-- too obtrusive.
-Some gel rest from a desktop mousepad? No-- how would that work?
Finally it hit me and this is the result:
BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE! How awesome!
Not only does it cover the edges, but because of the composition of the tape, it is a bit cushion-y and has a nice feel on the wrists. And nicely enough the tape doesn't really draw much attention at all, being that it is semi-matte and under your wrists.
The tape still allows the laptop to close properly and I can't see any detriment that it could cause to the computer. Aside from being a quick mod, it is also cheap (DUH!) XD and can be undone/redone as often as you'd like-- for those of us too proud to show the world that our lovely macbooks indeed have a fundamental flaw.
I did this with hast, so the cuts in the tape to allow the sleep lite and IR sensor to stay exposed in a little sloppy, but I can fix that when I decide to change up the tape.
Just thought I would share this for those of you suffering like me. ENJOY!