how to use a computer in bed?

[alan]

I'm C-5. I've never done it. I know I'd need a laptop. How do people do it?

Thank you,

[airart1]

i use one of my laptops in bed, they make a stand u can put it on or make one out of a tv tray is what i did......i just added some cut off 4x4s at an angle and let my laptop sit on it to raise it up is up in the back so u can see the keyboard.......
here's some new ones.....

http://www.lapdawg.com/

[tooley]

carefully. I have an aquaintance who slept on the laptop power supply, spend a few days in the burn ward.

Might I suggest a tablet? love Love LUV my iPad! For quad hands it's the ultimate web browser/movie player/game boy. I ordered a re-man'd iPad1 for cheap and it doesn't leave my side. Depending on what you want to do with it a tablet is a no-brainer.

[Soliloquy]

This is what I use: http://www.laptop-laidback.com/

Check eBay first though; sometimes you can get them cheap.

[GL]

I use a yellow colored hospital food tray

works wonderful for me .
GL

[Acksull]

I use my desktop computer and run an HDMI video out into my television. Then I have my caregiver set up this usb microphone on a table next to my bed.

I control the computer completely with Windows speech recognition. (windows 7)

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[rybread]

I've been doing it for a few years. I have a laptop on the bedside table that hangs over the bed on the left side of my knees. Then I have a trackball sitting on a book with a rolled up towel underneath it to tilt the book a little bit. I'm in a hospital bed and I keep my head up but no higher than 25°. I keep a couple of pillows in my head so I can see the screen well and use either the on-screen keyboard or voice recognition to type. It's pretty cool this way. I can even play some games. Hope this helps

[Van Quad]

I like some of the wall-mounted solutions these guys have:

http://www.ergotron.com/Products/tab...A/Default.aspx

[-scott-]

Originally Posted by peterpan

I would never use a computer in Bed, at least not with a blanket. I left my Macbook Pro a few weeks ago in bed, under the blanket, sun was shining on it as well and the motherboard got busted, so its totally broken and i had to get a new one.

it overheated because it couldn't breathe.

the vents need clearance for cooling purposes.

[~Lin]

There are a LOT of suggestions for different setups on this website: http://www.aglasshalffull.org/comput...ack-lying.html