My MacBook was a Cinderella and the cases were the shoes. I'll save you the story of what we had to put on and take off (sometimes not easily) from my MacBook to find the right case.
I decided to give it a try and find a manufacturer who knows how to make MacBook cases. Plus, I have a spare Asus laptop just in case something goes wrong :) I run a company now and it gives me the ability to test more products and to use my knowledge to find the best solution in MacBook protection topic area. I decided to get a MacBook case and I was struggling.
I got used to my old MacBook Pro 13 (the last model with a CD Drive, probably the only CD Drive we currently have access to).
What would you do? I had a choice: to get a new Mac or to get a MacBook case to cover the bottom lid. And you're obsessed with your new home, 30-year old woman, soon to be a cat lady. And leaving permanent (PER-MA-NENT) scratches. Nevertheless, imagine the no-feet MacBook with the aluminum, uncovered holes in the back lid, scratching your new oak table. Maybe because of the bed? I didn't find any research about that online, but please let me know if you ever experienced the same issue. My MacBook also became more mature, as he lost almost all of the rubber pads from the bottom lid. Yes, this is probably how decent people work :D I use my MacBook mostly on the kitchen table - not in the bed like I used to. And this is when I started to desire.a MacBook Case (not a baby!). Then we got some nice wooden furniture in our cozy new home.
In the meantime I grew up, met my partner Sebastian, we started designer MacBook skin company. Scratches were not a big issue, because stickers provided an excellent protection. I got some stickers with surfing brands logos and it was just OK. In 2013 I was still at the university, so my MacBook had to lead a peaceful, case-free life. This is what made me think about producing MacBook Skins. There was no point in risking, especially on 1500 USD worth MacBook Pro I got from my parents. Also, I noticed that some plastic cases started leaving marks on the laptop. I went through silicone, transparent plastic, acrylic - all were ugly, fat and made my MacBook overheated again. If you made it to this part of my lovely writing, I assume that you're more interested in keeping your Mac working than not :) In the search for perfect protection, I got into skins and stickers…īack in 2012, I found nothing that would make me desire any MacBook Case. I and my colleagues had to put the MacBook in front of the fan so I could finish the project.īut hey, maybe this was the manufacturer's intention - if you don't use your Mac, it doesn't get scratched :D It stopped working once when I was at university. It was more likely that my MacBook stops working than it gets protected from the scratches. The silicone was getting hot and blocked completely any ability to cool down the device. And the hugest inconvenience - my MacBook was literally on fire.
Sometimes the shape of the silicone case was adjusted exactly to the laptop, sometimes it was slightly off. Thinking the same, I went with some alternatives and this is how the fun has begun. We all know and feel that plastic is usually nothing but the lowest quality material, without any single certificate nor even a manufacturer name. So, the ugly & fat cases were a big no-no. I assumed that if I pay not so little for an Apple device, I want to - at least - enjoy the design. Nobody knows how to wear it, neither how to clean it afterward :) Of course, the first generations of cases were available in many different colors, yet each looked as interesting as the white laundry put by mistake with a red shirt.
I can't even count how many times I crashed MacBook case while trying to install it on the device. They looked more armor-alike than they really were, funny but true. The main reason why I didn't like hard cases at the beginning, is because the first ones I had a chance to test were very fat.