[selowitch]

Which of these two products is better, in your opinion?
I like the swivel ability of the CoolPad, but I like the way the iCurve frees up physical desktop space.
However, I'm also concerned that my PowerBook could fall off the iCurve.
Comments?

[-Q-]

I have both and I think they're both great for different things. I think which one is better depends on how you use your laptop.

If you are at a desk all the time, get the iCurve. It does free up a lot of space and it does look really cool. And the only way the powerbook will fall off is if you hit it rather hard. I use an iCurve at work with my powerbook all the time and it's never come close to falling.

If you're more mobile with your powerbook, I think the the coolpad is more useful. I have that at home and it works very nicely in propping up the PB and keeping it a little cooler than it would be sitting on my lap or dining room table. The rotation is nice, but I find I don't use it all that often.

They're both great products - I think you'll just have to decide how you want to use your laptop to decide on which product.

[selowitch]

Originally posted by -Q-:

If you are at a desk all the time, get the iCurve. It does free up a lot of space and it does look really cool. And the only way the powerbook will fall off is if you hit it rather hard. I use an iCurve at work with my powerbook all the time and it's never come close to falling.

I appreciate your perspective. How does the PowerBook stay in place atop the iCurve? From pictures, it looks like the angle of the two arms on it is such that the PowerBook would slide toward the user, yet you and others say it does not. What accounts for that?

[-Q-]

Pieces of clear rubber provide friction against gravity. It's really quite secure up there. Even pushing on it with slight pressure won't make it move. Griffin designed it very well.

[sworthy]

I'd say go with the podium pad if you'll be using your pb's keyboard and/or trackpad, otherwise go for the icurve if you have a separate keyboard and mouse

[subego]

Originally posted by sworthy:
I'd say go with the podium pad if you'll be using your pb's keyboard and/or trackpad, otherwise go for the icurve if you have a separate keyboard and mouse

Seconded. The iCurve is great, but if you use the built-in keyboard/pad, the iCurve flexes and bounces like a spring. This doesn't seem dangerous, but it's annoying. If you have an external keyboard/mouse, the iCurve is a dream.

As for laptops slipping off, ain't gonna happen. The rubber pads on the tines of the iCurve are really "grabby". I'd say a major lateral impact to your laptop would more likely take the iCurve with it, rather than the laptop off of it.

It also comes with adhesive rubber stops you can put on the tips of the tines to further reduce the likelihood of it slipping off. These were made for the 17", though I was planning to use them for my 12" since I had the same concerns over slippage. Once I actually put my 12" on the iCurve, it was so stable I chucked the plastic stops in the junk drawer, never to be seen again.

[jimf_81]

Originally posted by -Q-:
I have both and I think they're both great for different things. I think which one is better depends on how you use your laptop.

If you are at a desk all the time, get the iCurve. It does free up a lot of space and it does look really cool. And the only way the powerbook will fall off is if you hit it rather hard. I use an iCurve at work with my powerbook all the time and it's never come close to falling.

If you're more mobile with your powerbook, I think the the coolpad is more useful. I have that at home and it works very nicely in propping up the PB and keeping it a little cooler than it would be sitting on my lap or dining room table. The rotation is nice, but I find I don't use it all that often.

They're both great products - I think you'll just have to decide how you want to use your laptop to decide on which product.

I can't quote everyone, but I totatlly agree here. If you do go for the iCurve, go for an external keyboard and mouse, and the iCurve really does hold the PB very securely.