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MacBooks On Sofas

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“” by Steven Fernandez

This post is entirely about MacBooks on sofas. Or couches. Or settees. Or whatever it is you call them in your house. In our house, they are sofas. Anyway. Here are some more pictures of MacBooks on sofas. If you have your own pictures of MacBooks on sofas to contribute, please do let us know in the comments.

Steven’s picture is by far the best, the most MacBook-plus-sofary picture we’ve seen. But there are more…

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“On the couch” by patrick dentler

An excellent MacBook+sofa shot. Double points for the happy MacBook user.

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“Updating the blog” by Marcin Wichary

Not 100% sure that this is a sofa; might be a bed. Let’s say sofa, shall we?

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“Living room (2)” by philnelson

That’s the stuff! Definite sofa. Full marks.

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“Right Side” by NetDiva

Bonus points for the dog. Possible loss of points if on a dog bed, rather than sofa; but I’m assuming sofa.

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“LB sighting” by miamabanta

OK, this one’s more of a MacBook on a lap on a sofa. It still counts.

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“Zaturdag” by thms.nl

And this one’s an armchair, not a sofa. I’ll stop now.

(All photos used under Creative Commons license. Thanks to all the photographers. And to Flickr, without which this blog would be much emptier.)

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Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He is a columnist for PA, and has written for the BBC, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, MacUser, Macworld, and The Morning News. He has a blog you can ignore and a Twitter account you needn't follow.

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8 comments

    MacBook Pros on sofa ? SMC Fan Control needed :-)

    You forgot “davenport”

    good thing you pulled the plug on this, giles. those last two, while appealing to me, personally, may have indicated descent into a realm unsuitable for a family-oriented website. :-)

    John, your wife’s legs are hot.

    Wow… Macs on sofa’s, huh?
    Pretty bored?

    I remember when I used to come to this website to read interesting articles.

    you are right Matt, very nice legs.

    on the B/W photo, That is very hot.

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