Or you could say it enables you to keep your fundament firmly planted for, oh, ever. Yes friends, LapWorks' Gamers Desk essentially eliminates the need to get up and move over to the family PC where a mouse / keyboard combo can guide you to victory in yet another deathmatch. This lapboard (no, not that
Lapboard) keeps a keyboard and mouse within reach of couch-based gamers, enabling them to fire up WoW on their HTPC and still maintain the edge afforded to them by using the aforementioned KB / critter tandem. The unit itself measures 11-inches wide by 26.75-inches across, is made from ABS plastic and includes non-skid rubber pads on the underside to keep it from slipping around in that pile of Doritos. It's available now in gun-metal gray for $39.95, but a few more hues should be ready to roll later this year for those patient enough to wait around.
posted Jun 19th 2008 2:06PM
Is it good for Bed-Based too? wouldn't a good Dell XPS solve this problem? :P.
BTW: How do you get the pc to the couch / bed?
World of Wireless...
You use a big screen tv and have some efficient cable or wireless setup!
Well, I don't have my PC hooked up to my TV, but I use a wireless keyboard and mouse for my PS3, which is hooked up to the TV in front of a recliner. For web surfing I just use a hard mousepad on the arm of the chair, but for playing games I just grabbed a spare board I had lying around and placed it on top of the arms of the chair. Works great and I'm sure it's a cheaper solution than this thing. Plus it's got more mousing area, and isn't resting on top of my legs.
When I saw this I thought of the Phantom thing too :P
Because people that WoW need to get lazier..
uhh... DUH!
WOW as a verb ....... What has this world come too. : (
What has it come too? You tell me ;-)
You want it - they build it! :)
next revision will have a refrigerated insulin holder for the diabetics so they definitely don't have to get up.
Dosn't look like theres much space for the mouse.
Beat me to it, son of a bitch.
+1
There was another thing for the same purpose. It has 2 layers, one on your lap with mouse, another is attached to the corner of the first, is angled, for the keyboard. This way you have enough space for the mouse and keyboard.
I hope you'll dig that thing up :)
That mousing area is about 1/10th of the size of my mouse mat :(
What a useless invention
You mean the Phantom Keyboard?
http://adminpick.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/WindowsLiveWriter/PhantomLapboardsTheWirelessKeyboardthatW_10B84/phantom-lapboards-1%5B15%5D.jpg
mm that looks like fun to use. I'm sorry but having one hand practically under the other? I'll just use the Switchblade if I'm that lazy
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/play-wow-with-your-xbox-360-controller-for-some-reason/
From the look of it my mouse pad is half the size of the entire unit!
@Shinigami
How about just clicking the link in the post, instead of digging. :P
Enabling gamers everywhere to get a little WOW in bed.
cause they don't have anything else to do there
cause it's the only way they're getting it
cause its the only three letters theyll get
cause its the only three letters theyll get
HESH WANTS SOME SEX!
So this makes gamers have a better relationship with Rosie and here 5 friends? LOL
Anyone know what keyboard that is...it "looks" like a good gaming keyboard, I want to buy my cousin a good for his b-day.
It's a z-board, the keyboard with interchangeable key sets.
ideazonz-board
http://www.ideazon.com/us/products/zboardgamingkeyboard.asp
If you need english-only KB, I highly recommend Logitech G11 gaming keyboard. Its great for gaming. And its even better for typing! I like it. It has a back-light for english buttons, but other languages won't get any light.
You can also look at Logitech G15, which has a LCD screen, but I didn't find any use for that.
There are other great gamer keyboards out there...uh...somewhere. I never found them for sale in my city's shops so can't say anything about them.
...people have already been making these for a long time (and cheaper).
Is there anything special about this one?...other than it looks a lot neater than most of the others?
Also: Is there any reason anyone has to make this at all? I mean. Couldn't you just use a bit of plywood or something?
Well, it's a bit more difficult to fold a piece of plywood...but I would have completely agreed with you up until about 3 weeks ago when I tried my hand at stealing WiFi from my car...trying to balance a laptop and use a mouse in a car is quite difficult.
They will likely offer a limited edition combo pack that includes a catheter, and adult diaper so you REALLY don't have to move!
Its not a combo back if it doesn't come with a robo-bitch to bring me beer and TV dinners.
Not like it comes with the keyboard, $40 for 2 cheap pieces of plastic. Is this marketed 4 people to dumb to go get a generic laptop desk board from anywhere else?
Must hate trackball mice, and have the inability to balance a keyboard on your lap; but only just barely, as it is not much bigger than the keyboard to begin with
I'll pick one up on my way home, it will go well with my SE MGS4 PS3. Very soon my entire entertainment center will be gun metal grey.
Who cares what color it is.
like oh my totally god i like totally want that new PINK ONE like OH MAH GOD it will LOOK SO CUTE right NEXT to mah PINK iPod and MAH PINK DRESS! Now me and mah GIRLFRIENDS can TOTALLY play HANNAH MONTANA, DATING SQUAD.
LIKE OH MAH GOD.
Whoa, who let the kid have some phet?
That, or one two many blue ice pops.
I want one.
A small plank of wood would do the same job I wager... not as elegant though...
Elegant schmelegant. $40 for a 1 pound slab of plastic is ridiculous.
That is a neat device but that keyboard featured with it? Sorry, just a bit to "innovative" for me....
You know, even if my current couch setup (keyboard on lap, mouse pad on Monopoly box, elbow on pillow) gives me horrible cramps or carpel tunnel, I am not paying $40 for a 1 pound slab of plastic. $40? Really?
I used a plank of wood for my kb/mouse in college, but it was to go over the drawer on the ancient desks in the dorms. :P
oh man I did that too!
This is Extreme gaming to the dorkiest power
Man, I had that mouse a long time ago, weighed quite a bit.
Does anyone remember the lap drawing boards they had back in the day? I had one when I was a kid... it was just a flat piece of plastic with a bean bag attached to the bottom.
That would be way better for couch based gaming/computering.
http://www.lapdesk.com/products.jsp
and they work and feel great. That Lapworks thing has no wrist area for the keyboard or the mouse side.
You may as well just buy a piece of shelving and spray it grey.
Rip-off
Targus lapdesk, $24.99
http://www.amazon.com/Targus-PA243U-Notebook-Portable-Lapdesk/dp/B0000A1EDV
Uh, this is why they invented the coffee table.
See how that works? Its like a little tiny desk that you can pull up to your couch.
Why is this any dorkier than say, playing a console that hooks up to your TV?
Being able to play on my 61" TV might be enough to get me back into PC gaming.
Though, the mouse looks almost as large as the built-in mousepad section in the pic...
Congrats PC Gamers! You can now do what us console gamers have been able to do since the dawn of time.
This won't work because you need to have the keyboard in the one place constantly without movement, if it moves then it'll make it difficult to touch type. Also why would you be using the computer on the couch? Monitors are usually sized for desks and the amount of people connecting their computer to their TV is somewhat small.
I can vouch for this product. Personally I chose it over the phantom because the phantom simply because it fits with my keyboard of choice.
Also, it has 6" more width than the Targus model. I would still like it to be wider but it does actually do the job.
I dropped the cash on this to get away from having the keyboard on my lap and a couple of dictionaries to my right for a mousepad. It is preferable to the coffee table situation where you are leaning over the entire time. It's not perfect, but it works.
Hello, Gamers Of The World-
I am writing to say “THANK YOU” all for the great feedback on our Futura Gamers Desk. Some of you had some great observations. You made it “crystal clear” that the mousing area is not nearly large enough. As a result, we contacted a few of you and asked for your help in designing a new, larger MouzPad. We now have a clear mandate to produce something 8” to 9” round or an oval 8” wide by 10” long. We expect to launch the new MouzPad mid September. So anyone who orders the Gamers Desk in its present form will receive the new MouzPad absolutely FREE when it’s available – we’ll pay the shipping too.
We value your opinion so please visit us at the URL below and give us your ideas. http://www.laptopdesk.net/futura-gamers.html
My personal email address is jose@laptopdesk.net so please let us hear form you and feel free to contact me anytime. . . . I’m all ears. Thanks again for your most valuable assistance.
Regards to you all,
José Calero
President & Chief Product Architect
LapWorks, Inc.
PS - Yes, you can use a piece of plywood instead. No, we don't make a combo with catheter and Depends but if you'd like something with a little style, then maybe the Futura Gamers Desk would work for you. Thanks again.