

I cannot tell you how many lap desks I went through as a result – I probably had a collection of at least 5-6 of those with various features at home. It was very painful to use them on the go, because they would all get very hot, making lap work extremely uncomfortable.

The powerful workstation-class laptops I used to own would generate enormous amounts of heat, often kicking off their loud fans (every once in a while, it felt like they would take off!). I loved my tablet for web browsing and email, but I hated it for its limitations, which forced me to switch between the tablet and the much bigger and heavier laptop.

