Product Description

- Hard plastic shell gives great protection - Full access to all controls - Cool translucent case - Comes with rubber feet for added support * Fits White and Black finish 13" MacBook models (will not fit newer Oct 2008 black keyboard/aluminum unibody models) *

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4351 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Speck Products
• Model: MB13-RED-SEE-875912002462
• Released on: 2007-05-30
• Dimensions: 13.25" h x 1.25" w x 9.00" l, .88 pounds

Customer Reviews

Easy, pretty and useful!
Bought this after looking online and getting advice from the Apple pros in the store. Very nicely made and simple to click into place. I had seen a few reviews online saying it was difficult to remove so I tried it right away - took about 10 second to remove top and bottom so no problem there. If you're a purist it will protect from surface damage, or if you're like me it gives you an excuse to put stickers (my business logo, honest!) on your MacBook. It's the only protection I could find that is in place while using the laptop, in case of an accidental drop or slip.

erm....Its a case... and its red.
My first impressions after a few weeks of having this on my macbook is that I'm impressed.

Not sure why I went for the red over the clear but once it was on, my macbook looks like a totally different machine and I don't regret it. Putting it on is very straight forward as it just clips on. Getting it off is a little tricky but do-able, it certainly doesn't feel like its going to fall off at a moments notice.

It adds very little to the size and weight of the case (I can still fit it into my insight slip case, but its a bit of a squeeze now) and just gives the sense of being able to take a few more knocks than before. I've taken to just carrying it around without the slip case and putting it straight into my bag's laptop section as a result.

I was worried about it overheating, but TBH I haven't noticed any increase in temp overall.

The only problem I have had is that the hole for the headphone port is a little small and will not take some of my chunkier 3.5mm jacks, I may have a go with a file at some point to make it a few mm larger so I'm not too fussed as I can get my regular headphones to plug in.

Nice, but a word of caution
I've had one of these on my macbook since I bought it back in Feb (just over 6 months now), and although it has kept the front of my mac nice and scratch free, I recently got a little crack along the face of the macbook on the palmrest right at the edge of the casing. As it was still in warranty I took it along to my nearest Apple store and got one of their lovely geniuses to look at it. As soon as I pulled it out with my red protector on the genius smiled and said knowingly 'I bet I know what's wrong with that'. It seems that the case I bought to protect my lovely new Macbook had actually been the cause of the problem. The plastic puts more pressure along the seam of the casing and can cause it to crack with successive opening/shutting. Although I have to wonder how strong this casing is to be cracked under the miniscule weight of this casing, I would caution all those buying one of these to make sure they close their books very carefully to avoid the stress fracture I experienced. I did love the protection it gave my machine, and the look of it too, but now I'm in two minds as to if I'll put it back on again...