Laptop Desk 2.0 a portable, durable utility for laptop users
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 4, 2006 at 2:14am
When I’m on the road—say, covering a Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote or sitting on my hotel room bed writing up Macworld San Francisco announcements (both of which I plan to be doing in January) – I like to have some sort of lap desk for use with my MacBook Pro. One of the simplest, but best, is the Laptop Desk 2.0 from The LapWorks.
It’s portable, sturdy, affordable (US$29.95) and fairly effective in protecting my lap from heat. Just as importantly, it lets me use a large laptop plus a mouse comfortable in bed—my preferred way of working while on the road.
At 1.5 pounds, the LapWorks Laptop Desk 2.0 isn’t light, but it’s solid and versatile. As a lap desk, it measures more than 21 inches long, with room for (as mentioned) a large laptop (even a 17-inch MacBook Pro) and an external mouse. However, it folds in half to 10.5 inches long and 11 inches wide, so it’ll fit in most laptop bags. On a desk the Laptop Desk 2.0 folds into a five-position wedge, which inclines the keyboard for more ergonomic typing.
The Laptop Desk 2.0 is made of thick plastic and has a surface of rubberized material lined with grooves. The design allows the lap desk to “grip” your laptop and help cool it via air flow through the grooves.
I really like the portability factor. I wish there was some way to have a cushion on the underside, but then that would probably hamper the Laptop Desk 2.0’s portability. And the portability factor is one of the product’s strong points. If you’re a regular laptop/notebook user, you’ll appreciate the simplicity and efficiency of the Laptop Desk 2.0
Macsimum rating: 9 out of 10.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
