Here at Mac|Life, we know that your choosing to purchase a product from Apple is a sign of your commitment to excellence. We also understand that this very same commitment can leave you more than a little cash-strapped at times. After forking over $500-$700  for a Wi-Fi iPad this past weekend, the thought of spending more money on a stand to allow you to fully enjoy all of the wonders that your new purchase has to offer is a burden that no consumer should have to bear.

As always, we're here to help.

Our team of technicians have worked tirelessly since the iPad's launch to bring you the very best, and very cheapest solutions to allow you to view, protect and utilize your tablet as fully as possible. What's more, you'll find most of everything you need to put these innovative products together in your own home.

MacGuyver, eat your heart out.

1. Waterproof iPad Shower Stand

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Now more than ever, time is at a premium. It used to be that the busy working professional was able to start off the day with a full breakfast and a read of the morning paper. Today, the demands of a modern career leave scant few moments for personal growth or entertainment. Why, in the time it took you to read that last sentence, you were passed over for a promotion.  Enter Mac|Life's Waterproof Shower Stand. By hermetically sealing your iPad from the elements, you'll regain the precious minutes lost each day to the selfish act of bathing. Whether you choose to use that time to be entertained or to get a head start on that third quarter earnings report, you'll be glad you entrusted your iPad's safety to the same brand of bags that keeps your meat as fresh as the day you put it in the freezer.

2. Hanging iPad Notice Board

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With the iPad's Calendar App, you're no doubt well on your way to becoming an organizational guru. Let Mac|Life take you to the next level! Using a algorithm developed by DARPA, our Hanging Notice Board incorporates the best elements of a cork-board, whiteboard and the awesomeness of the iPad. How does it work? It's simple: By allowing the Luddites in your life to leave you vital information in the form of quaint handwritten messages scrawled on paper or in the user-friendly Adobe Ideas App, you'll have all of the intelligence you'll require to plan for the hours and days ahead. Simply transcribe their chicken scratch into your Calendar, and you're ready to hit the road, leaving your less tech-savvy loved ones behind.

3. The Buddy Back Stand

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If you've got friends, we encourage you to use them. Whether you're standing in line behind a pal, or being shunned by a co-worker during a team-building trip, the Buddy Back Stand is your best option for on the go, hands-free convieince. Riding safely in the Buddy Back's 60/40 poly-cotton blend tablet hammock, your tablet will be at the ready to provide you with a wealth of rich-media and information.

4. In-Vehicle iPad Navigation Stand

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While there are hundreds of iPhone stands and holders out there to keep your smartphone close at hand while you drive, the iPad's short time on the market has left precious few solutions for iPad users who want to utilize their new tablet as a navigational aid.

Making its Mac|Life debut back in February, the In-Vehicle Navigation System has been distilled from the gloss of concept and refined into a simple, high-tension tablet-retention device which allows a driver to keep his hands at the optimum two and ten o'clock positions and eyes straight ahead while navigating. What's more, should you hit a deer with your car on your foray out of the city, the bungie cords that lash the iPad to your steering wheel will prove ideal an ideal solution for securing all that fresh meat to the hood of your car.

After all, it'd be ecologically unsound to waste all that venison.

5. iPad Netbook Productivity Stand

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To paraphrase Steve Jobs, netbooks aren't good at anything - Except for keeping your iPad positioned at an optimum typing angle! In utilizing our patented iPad Netbook Productivity Stand, our testers were able to become productivity machines, as their iPads gained the buttressing required to allow them to become word-generating dynamos. What's more, with every soft-keystroke, you'll gain the satisfaction of knowing your foolish netbook purchase is finally being justified. Our in-house computer modeling software confirms it: Were Leo Tolstoy alive today, he would no doubt write War & Peace using this innovative and elegant solution.

6. Throne Room Reading Stand

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Your time in the Fortress of Solitude is sacred: Use it accordingly. Easily installed in any home, Mac|Life's Throne Room Reading Stand is spartan by design, allowing you to leisurely enjoy hands-free browsing of your favourite websites or that new best-seller downloaded via iBooks. After just one use, we're sure you'll agree that this stand makes taking the time to go number two the number one time of your day.

Just wash your hands before reclaiming your iPad. Please.

7. Portable iPad Baking Barrier

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At Mac|Life, we adore baked goods as much as the next group of nerds and geeks. We abhor, however, the possibility of smothering our precious new iPads in muffin mix. Enter the Portable iPad Baking Barrier - designed to save your tablet from the perils of the kitchen. It's semisynthetic organic amorphous solid walls can stop the most catatropic spills cold, protecting your investment from a critical gastronomy-related system failure. 

8. Dinner Music Companion Stand

Whether dining alone or entertaining guests, music sets a pitch-perfect tone for the evening. Recognizing that the iPad's slim profile and external speakers make it a perfect choice for inclusion at the dinner table, Mac|Life, in association with a number of industry-leading condiment producers, has developed an unobtrusive stand for Apple's latest creation. By utilizing a specially-shaped and weighted ketchup bottle, we've managed to keep the dinner table clutter to a minimum while ensuring your full access to all of the iPad's music functions. 

9. Sexy Times iPad Settee

While the Sexy Times iPad Settee may appear to be constructed of two sturdy cushions, it is so much more. With input from the country's leading sex therapists and the ghost of Barry White, Mac|Life is proud to present this breakthrough romantic aid. Note how the red, gold and green striped fabric and foam rubber stuffing screams quality. Cue up a video of a roaring fireplace video, add mood music and a large quantity of mid-ranged red wine and you have the trappings for a romantic evening that at least one of you may not regret.

10. Sleepyhead iPad Reader Riser

After a long day of romance, dinner conversation and productivity, the intrepid iPad user will no doubt yearn to wind down with a relaxing read. Enter Mac|Life's Sleepyhead iPad Reader Riser. Developed by the same team that brought you the Sexy Times iPad Sette, the Reader Riser's soft, yet supportive superstructure will cradle your iPad in luxury, allowing you to comfortably peruse your latest literary find before drifting off to sleep. What's more, should you fail to put your tablet on the bedside table before taking your rest, the Reader Riser's got you covered, with a substantially larger surface area than that of the iPad itself, there's no worry of the revolutionary device slipping down to the floor where its screen could shatter into thousands of revolutionary little pieces.