A time old phrase uttered countle times in countle living rooms acro the world, usually accompanied by an expletive or two. Now that A le has standardized Front Row and bundled a remote with nearly its whole range, Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro owners are also screaming out for their lost "thingy", "za er" and "remote control". iMac owners are in the clear: they've got a nice little magnetic section on the side of their machine that the A le remote will elegantly stick to. Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro owners aren't so fortunate. A le's forgot to give us non-iMac owners a place to stash our remote! The MacBook, with its magnetic lid, offers a semi-viable solution. The remote will ha ily stick to the left and right corners at the top of the screen where the lid magnets are. It looks pretty stupid though.
One solution that A le could use, for the MacBook Pro at least, is to adapt the A le remote so that it will fit i ide the laptop's Expre Card slot. That would allow users to store the remote out of the way while the machine was closed (our le than elegant solution shown above doe 't tackle that problem). Have any TUAW readers come up with a way to keep the A le remote with their Mac when they're not using it? Guides for Velcro mods, tractor beam co truction manuals and levitation how-tos are welcome!
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