What do you use for a laptop stand or desk for keyboard and mouse?

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  1. TawcoTruck

    TawcoTruck Light Load Member

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    I'm starting to put a list together of stuff I might use when I go solo. What do you guys use to set the keyboard and mouse on, or the laptop?
     
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  3. supergreatguy

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  4. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Since I am lounging in my bunk when using my laptop it goes one of two ways.
    It is in my lap, like right now as I am typing, or it is on the pull out shelf when I am watching a video.
    The mouse just sits next to me on a mouse pad, and there is no separate keyboard.
     
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  5. TawcoTruck

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    I guess I should have been more specific. I was thinking gaming options like a computer desk you would have at your house.
     
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  7. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Not really possible in the small confines of a normal sleeper.
     
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    I highly recommend you use a laptop that uses a SSD. When I was active I used my laptop sitting on my stomach when I was in the bunk or on a pullout shelf if I was sitting up. When not in use most of the time I left it laying on my bunk. That is until my tractor using that dang laser system hard braked on me one day in Tennessee. I was not able to save that laptop.
     
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  10. downplay

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    I’m not into gaming so the way I use a computer may be very different. I have switched to using a tablet. I thought I might not like it as I know how to properly type; but, I haven’t found this to be much of a problem. I bought a Bluetooth keyboard for it. However, that was a waste of money. With practice at using predictive text I don’t need the keyboard. And, if the games are available on Apple iPad OS, their new tablets have desktop power processors. But, I don’t know if you can interface controllers with them. Tablets weigh less and are more portable than laptops.
     
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  11. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    So are you going to skip sleeping or driving?
    Wait until you get in your solo truck before you buy stuff or you will over stuff the truck and waste money.
     
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