Cool Device for using a Thinkpad in bed or on a recliner!

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kjarrett · #1 Post by **kjarrett** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:08 am

Cool!

http://www.laptop-laidback.com/

Anyone got one? Opinions? Quality? Worth the $?

Any cheaper alternatives?

-kj-

Elhabash · #2 Post by **Elhabash** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:36 am

Actually, Bill tested a thing like this:
http://www.thinkpads.com/laidback.htm

I think it might be the cool thing!

But you also could build it by yourself.

kjarrett · #3 Post by **kjarrett** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:46 am

Elhabash,

Yep, same thing!

I have found a few "similar" items on ebay but none that appear as well constructed. The price of the unit above is quite prohibitive however. Maybe we can get a "group buy" going? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

-kj-

Elhabash · #4 Post by **Elhabash** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:53 am

Well my dream would be a swivelling arm on the side of the bed and on the side of my favorite couch which holds the laptop...

Well, when I am rich one day I might get some dentists chair.

monty cantsin · #5 Post by **monty cantsin** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:05 am

Elhabash wrote:Well my dream would be a swivelling arm on the side of the bed and on the side of my favorite couch which holds the laptop...

Yeah, bed and couch. No sports.

dpb · #6 Post by **dpb** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:15 pm

kjarrett wrote:Elhabash,
The price of the unit above is quite prohibitive however. Maybe we can get a "group buy" going? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...
-kj-

Definitely overpriced. And look at the 5-pack price!! No discount at all! It looks like this company is run by an inventor who thinks marketing managers are a waste of money. "It's my mousetrap and I'm not splitting the profits with anybody." Fine, but 100% of nothin' is nothin'. I've seen it endlessly before (Nada Chair being a handy example).

k3vb0t · #7 Post by **k3vb0t** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:15 pm

I'll keep my $140, and use a pillow if I decide to use the ThinkPad in bed. Good grief... its just some wood, bolts, and a tray.

jkirch · #8 Post by **jkirch** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 6:50 am

Look at the trays you have in Hampton-Inn Hotels where you have wireless internet.
It basically is a wooden board with a cushion fixed to the bottom.
Works well.

Chers
Jens

#9 Post by **BillMorrow** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:35 am

k3vb0t wrote:I'll keep my $140, and use a pillow if I decide to use the ThinkPad in bed. Good grief... its just some wood, bolts, and a tray.

YIKES..!!

when i first put that link up, the thing was about $85..!

a good alternative would be going to a beanbag cushion with a flat hard surface attached with velcro or some such material..
(so the cooling vents are not blocked)

k3vb0t · #10 Post by **k3vb0t** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:43 pm

morrow wrote:
k3vb0t wrote:I'll keep my $140, and use a pillow if I decide to use the ThinkPad in bed. Good grief... its just some wood, bolts, and a tray.
YIKES..!!

when i first put that link up, the thing was about $85..!

a good alternative would be going to a beanbag cushion with a flat hard surface attached with velcro or some such material..
(so the cooling vents are not blocked)

Yea... what you are talking about sounds a lot like what jkirch mentioned. I stayed at a Hampton Inn last month in Huntsville, AL and they had what he mentioned. I hadn't received my laptop at the time, but it looked pretty handy for laptop use or for taking notes on paper, etc...

Myung · #11 Post by **Myung** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:15 pm

This is what I use pretty much anywhere around home. It is cheap and works well for snack table, too.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product ... U=10179076

Cool Device for using a Thinkpad in bed or on a recliner!

Cool Device for using a Thinkpad in bed or on a recliner!

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