BookArc Pro is the perfect stand to work with your MacBook Pro closed. Can you really use your MacBook Pro closed? Yes. Apple calls it Closed Clamshell Mode – and there are several benefits to doing so. First, size matters when portability doesn’t. While the 15-inch Retina screen is a stunningly beautiful mobile display, it is still small when compared to a giant desktop monitor like the 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display. A larger display translates into not just more pixels – but more actual screen real estate – creating more workspace for editing movies, photo retouching, navigating huge spreadsheets in Numbers or viewing multiple apps on one big screen. Connect your favorite external display, keyboard and mouse… and BookArc Pro turns your MacBook Pro into a picture perfect mini-desktop.

Using your MacBook in Closed Clamshell Mode in a BookArc can also give your MacBook a performance boost compared to a dual-monitor setup. How? When you close your MacBook, your system automatically dedicates 100% of its video memory to the external display rather than splitting it with the built-in display. Depending on your MacBook model, you can see snappier graphics and faster screen refreshes, especially when working in graphic-intensive applications like Aperture and Photoshop. BookArc didn’t create the feature, but it can teach your MacBook the trick.

BookArc Pro invites you to add a full-size desktop display, extended keyboard and mouse to your MacBook setup at home, and use the portable features of your MacBook when you’re on the go. Don’t work mobile when you’re at home. Park your MacBook Pro, and now MacBook Pro with Retina, in a BookArc Pro. And have the best of both worlds.

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