For what it's worth, the first two I grabbed at home come apart into two halves that snap together rather than being hinged. The hinged variety can actually be

For what it's worth, the first two I grabbed at home come apart into two halves that snap together rather than being hinged. The hinged variety can actually be useful though, as you can drape them by the hinge over the back of the laptop (taking the part of the pencil in the original photograph). The one thing you really don't want is compacts that are full of actual make-up, as that's gonna cause a huge mess.