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Rig of the Day: MacBook on a bed
Rumors of the Rig of the Day's death have been greatly exaggerated. All hail the newest member of the TUAW RoD club, J|D's aptly titled 'I Was Bored... part II.' Why has this rig won the coveted Rig of the Day honors? Simplicity, my friends, simplicity. Just a man on a bed with his MacBook.
If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool (which is full of things that are decidedly not rigs at the moment). We select one image to highlight each day, and crown a Rig of the Week on Sundays.
Update: My failing eyes fooled me into thinking this was a Mac Book Pro, obviously it is a MacBook. My apologies.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MacBook said 10:04PM on 8-28-2006
Uhh, it's definitely a MacBook
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R031E5 said 10:05PM on 8-28-2006
Erm Macbook, not macbook pro
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SB said 10:10PM on 8-28-2006
Did ya'll run out of creative pictures? I run this setup with my 12" PB every night. Nothing inspiring about that.
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Derek said 10:57PM on 8-28-2006
Simplicity? No, that's new gadget poverty. Sleeps on a mattress on the floor with new gadgets all around him. ;)
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spil said 11:00PM on 8-28-2006
I should put my picture in the flickr pool. I will call it "mac mini on a desk".
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Scott McNulty said 11:01PM on 8-28-2006
Everybody's a critic. ;)
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rboyce said 11:34PM on 8-28-2006
You might want to update the tag to macbook instead of macbook pro, too.
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Mike Barnard said 11:47PM on 8-28-2006
um this is totally and macbook...it's white and one word acurately describes this...LAME!
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icerabbit said 12:00AM on 8-29-2006
Now it is officially time to retire the "rig of the day".
Calm photo is questionable and this goes beyond low "rig" wise.
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Scott McNulty said 12:03AM on 8-29-2006
Goodness gracious, who knew people had such strong opinions about the Rig of the Day?
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SB said 12:26AM on 8-29-2006
Problem is Scotty, a lot of the old "Rigs" were very cool. This is a huge disappointment in comparison.
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Mephistophelian said 1:13AM on 8-29-2006
Hope he updates us with new pictures when his bed catches on fire ...
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arcsbite said 3:28AM on 8-29-2006
some of us keep fully updated rig pics in the pool.
this is a slap in the face to those that actually bother.
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om. said 3:40AM on 8-29-2006
Hmmm... nobody seems to have noticed he uses an iLap.
Damn expensive peace of bent aluminum sheet with some sponge attached to it. But it's definitely a must-have if you're using your Apple notebook as a laptop and don't want to burn your legs.
I live mine... ;)
om.
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Jon said 7:40AM on 8-29-2006
Yes, I thought the iLap was the important part in the Rig of the Day but it wasn't even mentioned.
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Tom said 7:46AM on 8-29-2006
Couple of things that need to be cleared up here:
1: J|D sleeps on a normal bed, its just the perspective that makes it look like its on the floor
2: Yes its simple, but if u could do a 360 degree shot you would see the rest of the setup
3: This is J|D's SECOND RotD, is that a record???
How do I know all this?? I'm one of J|D's best mates in the real world, I got him into Mac's and he doesn't deserve the criticism being levelled.
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c. said 10:42AM on 8-29-2006
To be fair...
They indeed didn't show this guy's complete rig. That would apparently be here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdys/sets/72057594049249432/
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icerabbit said 11:02AM on 8-29-2006
We're not critical of your friend. Just of TUAW.
Consider it feedback.
While RotD is a nice pass-time, fun and often informative; some rigs are more rig than others, and, I think most agree that they wouldn't call their portable & cooling pad on their bed a "rig" let alone think about featuring that as RotD for the whole world to see. Add some inaccuracies and omissions you get some TUAW readers that like to point that out. That's all.
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Metrobilly said 2:29PM on 8-29-2006
I hope that thing is sitting on a hard, flat surface, and not on the blanket.
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DemoReel said 3:57PM on 8-29-2006
Steps for posting a comment on this RotD:
1. Find a sense of humor.
That is all.
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