The visual impression with the white Plexiglas convince and was also the reason why I chose this notebook stand. However, I had him return again, because it turned out to be useless for my laptop (Acer Aspire 5920): As noted in other reviews, is the bead, which is to keep the laptop on the front edge, a lot with 1.5 cm height too low. Although My laptop does not slide off, but are not accessible the forwardmost headphone and microphone outputs. So totally impractical! A better alternative is the Kensington Easy Riser.