The BookArc comes from TwelveSouth, the same people that brought you an aluminum accessory shelf that hangs off the back of your iMac or Cinema Display. The BookArc, though, is for a MacBook, regular or pro.
The $50 stand is an elegant arch of metal with a silicon insert to allow a snug and scratch-free fit. While held upright, the MacBook has a smaller desk footprint and is surrounded by lovely, cooling air. This is for people who regularly hook up their notebook to an external display and keyboard.
And the speed increase? You won’t notice anything with the higher-end MacBook Pros that sport proper graphics cards, but the low end Macs see some relief from not having to drive two displays: when running closed all the graphics power is available for the single screen.
I tested this claim (without the BookArc) by running Adobe Lightroom on my closed 13” aluminum MacBook piped into the external monitor I usually run alongside the notebook display. It was quicker. Lightroom can get a little sluggish at times, and it was certainly snappier.
What you do lose, of course, is a secondary display. You’ll also need a keyboard and a mouse, but if that’s your setup anyway, this is neat and elegant solution.
Product page [TwelveSouth]
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