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MacBook/iMac Rack Hack

Step 2Select a File Rack; Hack it!

Select a File Rack; Hack it!
There are lots of these at your local office store. I like the steel mesh ones because they are strong and leave lots of room for ventilation which will be an issue when running your laptop with the lid down behind your LCD. That said, they area a bit more expensive than other plastic options. This one was about $17.

In my zeal to mod the rack I just pulled off one whole side (making sure it corresponded with the port side on my macbook). In retrospect it would have been better for the structural integrity of the rack to clip out the mesh. That said, this method still works fine.

A little file work smoothes out the spots where the welds tore.
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Grad student in theology in Pasadena, CA into photography, tech, music and integrating them all with my studies.