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Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?
by mikeryan 13y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?
- sliverstorm 13y agoWhy do you rest your wrists on your MacBook Pro while you type?
- NDizzle 13y agoI rest my wrists on my MBP as well. I've been typing this way since like '94 and I've yet to have any carpal tunnel issues. Attempting to type this line with elevated wrists feels very strange and something that I couldn't do for long periods of time.
- wffurr 13y agoWho doesn't rest their wrists on the palm rest of the laptop when they type?
- Zhenya 13y agoI rest the bottom of my palms & the edge of my wrist. Maybe you're wearing your watch too loose and its sliding down your arm? My watch generally doesn't touch the top of the MBP 15" surface as i type.
- shitlord 13y agoI rest my wrists on my laptop whenever I'm not typing. But I type using 4 of my fingers though, lol.
- tomkarlo 13y agoYou're not supposed to - but most of us do it. In theory, you're only suppose to rest your wrists downwards when not typing, because doing so takes them out a neutral position. I'm not saying you should change, just trying to discourage the notion that's a healthy habit. (http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/proper-sitting-posture-for-typing http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/proper-sitting-posture-for-ty...)
- qq66 13y agoThe specific model is relevant here as Apple laptops have a much deeper palm rest area than tiger machines.
- delgaudm 13y agoI rest my wrists on the MPB when I type also, and I've been typing the same way since the late 80's.
- VLM 13y agoI looked at the pix, I looked at the junk on my desk and compared my deskware and wrist vs the pix, and assuming I have a male model physique, that watch is a bit bigger than a sigg water bottle but a cm or so smaller than my large coffee (tea) cup. Its huge. So... yeah, strap a couple pound weight to your arm, and until you bulk up, there's going to be some sagging by the end of the day.
- t__r 13y agoI'm sure the iWatch will have a MacBook friendly strap.
- pearjuice 13y agoStarting at $299. iWatch not included.
- bane 13y agoI'm left handed when I write, so I should put a watch on my right hand. But I mouse with my right hand so I should put it on my left hand. After years of getting irritated with watches and leaving them off half the day, I just stopped wearing them and I've very rarely ever regretted it.
- pasbesoin 13y agoWhen the band on my last Casio broke due to my taking it off and putting it back on so often, in order to type comfortably while either using a wrist rest or putting up with the increasingly large palm area on laptops... (Phfew! Time for a new sentence.) When that happened, I stopped wearing a watch. Until the battery died, that Casio, sans wristband, served as a sort of pocket watch. Now, I just look at my phone -- when I don't already have a clock on-screen somewhere. Aside: I'd prefer a URL that didn't necessitate dynamic content in order to get a basic idea of what the product is. Call me old-fashioned... or paranoid (exploits); take your pick.
- untog 13y agoHow on earth does your watch scratch your laptop?
- rickyc091 13y agoYour wrist lies to the left / right of the track pad area. When you wear a watch or a fitness band, you are constantly rubbing those areas as you type.
- untog 13y agoYour wrists shouldn't be touching your laptop if you care about ergonomics.
- Karunamon 13y agoYou really don't have an option if you're on a macbook - the keyboard rests a good sixish inches behind the front of the machine.
- cwp 13y agoHe means that your wrists shouldn't be touching anything. They should be hovering a couple of centimetres above the flat area in front of the keyboard.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoAm I supposed to hold my hands in the air for hours straight? Because I can't do that, or at least it's far, far from feeling comfortable.
- daurnimator 13y agoYes you are... doing otherwise leads to carpal tunnel syndrome
- devindotcom 13y agoUnless you wore your watch with the face inwards, a leather strap ought to fix this.
- Domenic_S 13y agoLeather straps have buckles.
- tomkarlo 13y agoJust because a strap has a buckle doesn't mean it will ever hit your computer. I wear a Timex Expedition with a leather and fabric strap, and it's almost impossible to make the buckle touch my Macbook because it's too high up on the inside of my wrist - my hand would have to be almost perpendicular to the keyboard, with the backside of my thumb rotated down towards the keys.
- nknighthb 13y agoYou may have smaller wrists than some of us. Have some fat wrist porn: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kjed7wq0p23l42h/RbCpiuaGjH https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kjed7wq0p23l42h/RbCpiuaGjH I don't usually work directly on my MBP, being of the one true religion (external keyboard/mouse/monitor), but when I do, the first is approximately how my left wrist normally rests, and the second is with my Pebble on, showing the buckle in contact with the MBP. It was hard to get the angle right on the second picture, so the position of my wrist is slightly off, but you get the idea. When actually typing (especially for more than a couple words, like I am now), my wrist isn't usually resting so heavily on the surface, but the buckle is still in contact with the laptop. The scratching is annoying, as is the pressure on my wrist. This has been the case for every watch I've owned with several different straps, so I almost always take them off when using any laptop without an external keyboard.
- tomkarlo 13y agoAt least in the position on the right, that's not good form. You can see the intent on the top of the wrist, which means you're not in a neutral position for typing. I can't tell what's up on the left. Personally, I find my watch tends to sit above my wrist, so it's not over the palm rest at all.
- ngoldbaum 13y agoTry a NATO watchstrap. The buckle bit ends up sort of on the side of your wrist rather than right on the bottom. That how it works out on my tiny wrists anyway.
- dmnd 13y agoI have a Nato watchstrap but it scratches anyway. The buckle is more to the side than a normal strap, but it's still on the bottom of my wrist and still makes contact with the laptop. Maybe my wrists are even tinier than yours.
- kellyhclay 13y agoI actually take my Fitbit Flex off when I'm writing (typing) for extending periods of time on my Macbook Air. The edge of the Macbook presses into the rubber at just the right angle and annoys me enough I have to remove it. I don't know how this isn't more of a problem for all wrist-wearables, honestly.
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- glomph 13y agoI find it hilarious that you name the exact model of laptop.
- pavanky 13y agoThis is anecdotal evidence but I've noticed people using idevices mention the models rather than generic device names. I wonder why that is.
- w1ntermute 13y agoApple is more a fashion company than a tech company. Those who buy and use its products are primarily concerned with advertising the fact that they use Apple products - conspicuous consumption. It's no different from how Gucci or Prada owners make sure to prominently display the brand of their handbag when they are in public. It's a simple form of signaling your identity, that you belong to a particular group. This is also why Apple's profit margins are sky high. Consumer electronics is an industry with razor thin margins, but with fashion, the sky is the limit (given that you can effectively manipulate the minds of consumers, which Apple is excellent at). An iDevice cannot be commoditized, no matter how hard Apple's competitors try.
- knowaveragejoe 13y agoThe reason Apple laptops are so popular is hardly that they are a status symbol and more the fact that they're so damn comfortable to use. I agree about other Apple products, however.
- tripzilch 13y agoPeople say (or said) the same about Nike shoes and Levis jeans. It's not the point. Yes they are high quality, but Wintermute wasn't commenting on that fact, the point is the brand identity of "Apple is high quality and comfortable to use", it's the first part where it says Apple Apple Apple. I am wearing a pair of very cheap no-brand jeans, they are extremely durable and comfortable (the label also ironically reads "Unsigned", which I admit made me smile a bit, but it's not a brand, in a few years that store chain (Scapino) will have different labels, and nobody will notice one bit). I'm not going around saying "Unsigned has great durable comfy jeans"--also because they're not, extremely varying quality, you just have to try on at least 5 different ones that are ostensibly the same size (which they are also not). They're cheap though and this makes me very happy with them :)
- lewaldman 13y agoI usually take it out and put on the table. One thing that I learned after years of scratching the glass on several watches is that you should take it off often. Sleep with watch, and bath with watch are just two of the no-go. :)
- nodata 13y agoI don't like how my Rolex Oyster Perpetual taps against the table.
- sg47 13y agoNope. I haven't been able to wear a watch ever since I got the latest Macbook Pro. Even I wear one to work by mistake, the first thing I do is remove it. Maybe the keyboard is a bit deeper in the newer models?
- Cthulhu_ 13y agoThe last time I wore a watch was when I realized I always took it off while using my computer and sort of the point where I had a cell phone with me at all times; of course, simultaneously I started developing RSI symptoms, :p.
- makr17 13y agoI wore a watch in high school. Playing volleyball the summer after I graduated I went up for a block and came down minus the watch. When I showed up at college, there was a clock tower that chimed the quarter hour, and it turned out that was more than enough, so I never replaced the watch. Now I've got a computer in front of me a majority of my waking hours, and a smartphone in my pocket for the times when I don't; _really_ no need for a watch.
- megablast 13y agoYes, you are the only one.
- sytelus 13y agoNo, you are one of the two.