
The Air is held in place with some tout elastic, and a zipper fully shields and stealthily conceals the precious cargo within. A downfall to the material is that it scratches easily, scarring the exterior (the laptop inside is fully protected though). The BookBook is made with genuine leather and sports a spine that rivals vintage books that typically belong in an anthology of hundreds of volumes. The major downside is obvious: The MacBook Air certainly loses its form factor with such a bulky case, which also adds 13.5 additional ounces to a computer that begins at 2.38 pounds - that's roughly a third of the Air's weight.īut there are also plenty of pros if you're willing to overlook that. Standing out among the group is TwelveSouth's BookBook, which not just protects your laptop but disguises it as a gorgeous leather-bound book. Incipio's Feather case ($49.99) Incase's Perforated Hardshell case The vents on the bottom make the Feather stand out, but that alone is not enough to make this case a consideration, especially since the lack thereof hasn't proven to be a major disadvantage in my testing. Before I learned that credit card trick (see Speck review above), I spent plenty of time trying to pry the case off, a rather unpleasant experience for my fingers. Furthermore, Incipio is too concerned with making sure the case adheres to the laptop that it creates unnecessary snags, making the Feather the most difficult to remove of the bunch thanks to hard plastic that's not very malleable. Incipio left out this simple tiny detail, which not only creates friction when opening and closing but actually wears down the plastic there. Speck and Moshi both designed their cases so that the lid could open up without any obstruction, achieved by precisely shaping the edge of the case so that the material doesn't cover up the entire back edge area. But it does so many things wrong despite the very simple premise of the accessory. In fact, it looked like it even had an edge with perforated holes on the bottom to act as air vents. From the surface, the Feather case by Incipio looks like the two aforementioned ones.
