Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The Stand

Lately, I've been getting backaches cos of more intensive work on the Macbook. And as Dawnie says, "One of the big reasons for neck and shoulder aches is having to bend our heads downwards to see the laptop/notebook screen. The screen should always be at eye level so that you don't have to strain your neck/shoulders unnecessarily." So in the name of good health, I went out and got myself one of those inclined laptop stands from Challenger. Afterall, Dawnie got one too and it seems to work pretty well for her.

Well....stupid Michelle actually BROKE the laptop stand while attempting to figure out how the whole plasticky contraption worked (no instructions included). Brilliant stuff. So now the height is no longer adjustable (it supposedly has 6 gears.) BUT luckily for her, she only needs the laptop stand to be at its minimum height cos she's not very tall.

Ok so just when she thought all things were working out afterall, she started typing from her laptop stand, and realized that while her backache woes have been relieved, her wrists are starting to ache cos of the curved base of the laptop stand, that protrudes out and holds the Macbook in place. AHHHHH!!!

Somemore, the silly thing didn't turn out to be black as shown on the box. BLEAHH!
Dawnie: what brand was your stand, and where did you get it from?? Let me know k?

3 comments:

Dawn said...

oh no poor mich!!! (sorry i laughed a bit too ;p)

how much did u get ur stand for? so pro man! got gears some more!!!

mine's Logitech, and from Best Denki. but my mum saw it at Challenger and it was selling at a cheaper price. it's transparent.

and by the way, u're supposed to connect a keyboard to your laptop lah. ur wrists will surely ache. i haven't done so yet, but will soon...

Michelle-Lea said...

I can just imagine you laughing loudly at me!!! haha! I thought yours was black leh. I paid $35 for mine. About same as yours rite?

Dawn said...

WHY ARE WE COMMUNICATING OVER YOUR BLOG???? technology nows a daysss replaces good ol' phonecalls. tsk tsk.

yes you are rite!!! i was laughing loudly!!! hahahahaha.

my stand: base is black, but 90% of it is tlansapalent. it cost $49 i think. can't rmbr, cos mum got it for me! but it was definitely more ex than yours. so actually with your super duper gears and all, yours is actually more worth it!!! but...too bad...u broke them. hee hee.