Floater, a Neat Laptop Stand.

By Alex in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Jun 26, 2007 at 5:39 pm

From the website:

If you connect your notebook computer to a large screen, at work or home, Floater is designed for you. It combines high technology with elegant styling. Close your MacBook pro, connect a keyboard, a screen and a mouse, and you have created a perfect working environment.
The Floater is machined from a single block of aluminum, which lends it great stability and optimum cooling power by spreading the heat around.
The two small panels around your computer are of minimal height and width, but sufficient to meet the product’s two requirements; to hold your computer perfectly, and to let you set it up as easily as possible.

Link – via Swiss Miss

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Jeana
Jun 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
They want $300 US for this thing! I found a nbice looking brushed aluminum alternative for $40 US…

Overpriced by a bunch!
Ali S.
Jun 26th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I have to agree that does look really overpriced for a stand. Then again I do use a footstool for mine. Besides, the name of this thing isn’t really a smart one. “The Floater”? :p
rob
Jun 26th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Here’s a link to the $40 alternative:
http://www.powersupportusa.com/products/macbook_dockingstand.php
(via daringfireball.net)
brandon
Jun 26th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
some one needs one of those cruel, cruel reality checks.

for 300 dollars i’ll make you a floater and then blow you. christ.
K!P
Jun 27th, 2007 at 2:51 am
why don’t people use the screen from the laptop as a secound screen when working on a external display…never have enough screen space.
the black adder
Jun 27th, 2007 at 6:58 am
“high technology”?
Aluminium stand?

welcome to 1938.
the black adder
Jun 27th, 2007 at 7:06 am
Seriously, this is for posers

“The reason for this great stability is the precision, to a tenth of a millimeter, used to calculate the right gap between the two panels so Floater and MacBook Pro fit together snugly…And, since every MacBook Pro is unique, we have left 2mm room for adjustment where the panels join.”

Ha ha ha. Useful precision.

And then you have to MANUALLY connect cables!!

Can someone explain which problem this is the answer to?
Dave
Jun 27th, 2007 at 11:45 am
The biggest problem with “The Floater” (aside from the name!) is that it keeps the lid closed; if you’re using an external monitor with the MacBook Pro, it can operate in dual screen mode. It’d be stupid to keep the lid closed like that.

I’ve got a PowerBook G4 that I use with an external monitor when at work, and the PB sits on a stand that keeps the two monitors at the same height, and doesn’t use any more desk space than “The Floater”.

Looks like all of Balmuda’s products are over-priced & over-engineered.
ted
Jun 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Isn’t a floater something you find in a toilet?

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