Apparatus related to a structure of a base portion of a computing device

An apparatus, comprising:

• a backbone component;
• a display portion coupled to the backbone component;
• a base frame including a channel defined by a top wall opposite a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the top wall and to the bottom wall, the side wall having an outer surface defining at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the base frame,
• the channel defining a first recess region on a first side of the base frame and a second recess region on a second side of the base frame, the second side being aligned along a longitudinal axis substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis along which the first side is aligned,
• the backbone component having at least a portion disposed in the first recess region;
• a midplane having an edge disposed in the first recess region;
• and
• a bond film coupled to the midplane and coupled to an inner surface of the first recess region of the channel.

A method, comprising:

• moving a first edge of a midplane in a first channel within a base frame of a computing device,
• the midplane being aligned, during the moving the first edge, along a first plane non-parallel to a second plane along which the base frame is aligned;
• rotating, after moving the first edge, the midplane with respect to the base frame;
• moving a second edge of the midplane in a second channel within the base frame of the computing device such that a bond film is coupled to the second edge of the midplane and coupled to the second channel;
• and
• moving a backbone component in a recess included in the midplane.