BookArc Stand Converts Your MacBook Into a Desktop

Many of us laptop users use our portable companions equally as desktops while at home, hooking them up to external monitors and extra drives. Here's a space saving solution which reduces the desktop footprint of your MacBook, MacBook Air, or even up to a 17" MacBook Pro: the BookArc.

BookArc gently holds a closed MacBook with silicone cushions to keep it in place and with the side upfront, so you can easily access the CD/DVD drive, while connections situated in the rear give your laptop the appearance of a desktop unit. A heavy gauge steel stand with a 10"x4" footprint, the $49.99 BookArc is the first laptop stand that we've even considered replacing our much beloved mStand with (but not really, because we still like having the extra open monitor option). But if we had a 30" Cinema Display, the BookArc would be seriously on our list of space optimizing accessories.

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Wait, how do I get my MacBook Pro to run while it is completely shut? I haven't been able to do this, while it is connected to an external monitor.

posted by mcfly on August 25th 2009 at 8:27pm
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mcfly:
if you google InsomniaX for mac it's an app that lets you close your computer and not have it sleep. I've used it for a while, but you will have to dim the screen on your own, it wont do that for you. Good luck!

posted by bubbah1268 on August 25th 2009 at 9:02pm
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Or just plug make sure that you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and power cord attached. Then when you close your monitor just press the spacebar to wake it up.

No extra software needed.

posted by Benji on August 25th 2009 at 11:12pm
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mcfly: The BookArc FAQ page points you to Apple's instructions on how to run a portable in closed clamshell mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131

posted by Jeri Dansky on August 25th 2009 at 11:36pm
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This is a nice product but I needed something that I could also use to raise my Macbook for ventilation and a better viewing angle. I ended up buying a product called the Laptop Flip from newpcgadgets. It holds my Macbook vertical and also lets me raise it during use. I have been using it for a couple of months. Nice product and it was $30 less.

posted by mjordan23 on November 18th 2009 at 11:53am
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