RadTech Portectorz for MacBook/MacBook Pros
Do you lay awake at night worrying about the ports on your MacBook/MacBook Pro? All manner of dust and gunk could find its way in there, and that can't be good. Enter RadTech, purveyors of all manner of wacky Mac peripherals that you didn't know you need.Their latest are Portectors for Intel based Mac portables. They snap over your ports and secure to the MagSafe power port using the power of magnets (I assume it is some sort of magic), guarding your ports so you don't have to.
The MacBook version costs $19.95 while the MacBook Pro version costs $23.95.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
david said 10:50AM on 9-06-2006
I thought one of the selling points of the portables was that you didn't have hinges to break off or things to lose. Just saying. $20 seems a lot to cover something that is designed into the system.
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Ben said 10:55AM on 9-06-2006
I am the inventor of this product. Thanks for blogging about it.
IM RICH BIOTCH!
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Metryq said 11:08AM on 9-06-2006
This sounds like those wall outlet caps, which I've seen advertized as "energy saving." Can't have that electricity leaking out all over the floor. Untidy. Unless your computer bag looks like the floor of a movie theater, you don't need these covers.
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::justin:: said 11:10AM on 9-06-2006
haha this article made my day, i dont konw y though... the "i assume its magic" part made me laugh. always funny mr mcnulty, always funny.
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iband said 11:14AM on 9-06-2006
Metryq - Not to defend the outlet caps, but the energy savings has to do with air leaking in from outside, raising your heating/cooling costs.
As for the caps for the laptops, kind of cool, but I think they are unnecessary.
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E. said 12:22PM on 9-06-2006
I, sadly, can see the market for these. While my laptop was on one of its rare travels, something in my case poked its way into the ethernet port on my powerbook, bending all the pins out of place and rendering the port useless.
Of course, you can't just replace the port, because the port is soldered to the logic board, so you have to replace the whole board (a procedure for which Apple gave me a $1200 estimate). I went with a $20 USB 2.0 ethernet adapter instead, but it was still a nightmare since there are so few that are compatible with Tiger.
I'd gladly have dropped the $20 on something like this for when I'm traveling instead of dealing with my current ridiculous situation, and probably will pop for one of these when I get a new Macbook or Pro when Leopard comes out.
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Metryq said 1:45PM on 9-06-2006
iband, nice try. Any air leaking through outlets is from around the fixture, not through it. There are foam pads that fit under the cover plate for that. The plastic caps were originally designed as a safety feature for young children. Someone in the marketing department tacked on that "energy saving" claim. The only energy savings comes from not being able to plug something in, like a kid with knitting needles.
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Navvy said 2:39PM on 9-06-2006
I've had a PB 12" for years and all the ports work just fine without "protecting" them. Unless you throw your laptop into a gravel filled backpack, this really isn't needed (and just another thing to get lost)
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edward said 8:57PM on 9-06-2006
one of useless item I've ever seen. for everyday life, you're not really needed this.
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Mike Barnard said 10:12PM on 9-06-2006
seriously nybody with a good laptop case has no need for a set of these
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