The idea of improvement came by chance when, while watching a video in full screen, I wanted to mark the idea that came to mind. I did not want to leave the full-screen mode and look for a tab with a planarium , and in the meantime, the hand itself reached for the note-taking sheet. Putting a piece of paper on the free surface of the laptop, the thought came to mind: “And what if you make a small notch in the laptop case, for example, for 20 sticknotes? And somewhere on the side of the recess for the handle. A sort of pencil case. "
After all, you may often need to write something with your hands, and not just to make a reminder. Or no one uses stick stick?
Examples of implementation:
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Here in this approximately a notch should be leaflets. But since the touchpad is sometimes needed ( or not needed? ), It is better to position them a little to the right / left and to match the color of the plastic:
Pros:
a certain percentage of people find this improvement helpful
does not require difficulties in the production or layout of components (i.e., it seems to me, from a notch 2-3 mm deep in the plastic of the laptop case, you will not need to relocate anything inside)
you can make sticknoats of non-standard size and sell them as consumables :)
Sticknotes are not necessary to be bright, they can be in tone of the main color of the plastic, for example gray, in order to harmonize with the body as much as possible
Minuses:
the owner’s hands may lie on the free surface and if the stick outouts do not replenish in time, then the hands will lie in an empty “hole”, which is not very comfortable. Although this minus is solved by the correct location and format of the leaves
You can draw plastic around the leaflet during use
in the presence of a small number of leaves it may not be convenient to get them
idea may not like and scare off potential buyers
Here is another example:
I don’t know how difficult it is to make a notch in aluminum and whether it is compatible with the new simplified technical process of stamping cases, but I think that Apple will not accept such “improvements” - the design of their laptops is already perfect :)
In general, I would like to hear the opinion of the collective mind about this idea.