# Typing this from bed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059 "2011-02-20T23:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/1 "2011-02-20T23:56:43Z")
I finally took the plunge and bought a laptop today. It’s the first one I’ve ever owned and I am already loving it! Even though it’s only 6(ish) pm, my daughter and I are already piled up in the bed, she watching Despicable Me, and I typing away on my laptop. How nice it will be to be able to do homework from the comfort of my bed instead of hunched over my crappy desk with the uncomfortable chair in the living room! In case anyone cares, it’s an hp Pavilion dv7 and it is super-fast (especially compared to my old Dell desktop that had only 512 of RAM!) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/2 "2011-02-21T00:16:57Z")
Welcome to the modenr age! Is it using wireless, or do you still have a cable strung out to the Den?😛 ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/3 "2011-02-21T01:07:38Z")
Nope! I am full-up wireless! I already had a wireless network in the house so we could watch Netflix on the Wii. My desktop is also plugged into the router (with help from some Dopers a few months ago). ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/4 "2011-02-21T03:05:29Z")
Well, you know what Mae West said. It’s true. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/5 "2011-02-21T03:06:07Z")
Congratulations on the new laptop! What are you going to name it? ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/6 "2011-02-21T03:10:42Z")
DANGER!! I did the same thing last April, and as I type this I have a Double Stuf Oreo balanced on my chest. The garbage hasn’t been taken out, the litter box needs emptying, and the sink is full of dishes. I haven’t left my bed since last April. BEWARE! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/7 "2011-02-21T05:16:06Z")
**Kinki’s** got it right - I got my first laptop a year and a half ago, and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to desktop. You know you can take it with you into the bathroom too, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/8 "2011-02-21T10:09:41Z")
Forewarning, I have a DV7 and it can run hot. I use a cooling base [and I use a hospital table, not sitting on my lap] \ ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/9 "2011-02-21T14:11:44Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Forewarning, I have a DV7 and it can run hot. I use a cooling base [and I use a hospital table, not sitting on my lap] > > \ Good to know! I’ll have to pick up a cooling base if I ever get out of bed again! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/10 "2011-02-21T17:28:35Z")
> [@shellofmyformerself](#): > > Good to know! I’ll have to pick up a cooling base if I ever get out of bed again! Online shopping:D And definitely consider getting a [hospital table](http://www.amazon.com/HOSPITAL-OVERBED-OVER-TABLE-COMPUTER/dp/B000QA1Z7G), Way comfortable 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-this-from-bed/572059/11 "2011-02-21T17:44:26Z")
And budget to upgrade your bed while your at it! Our memory foam bed is the best as worst thing we’ve ever owned! Best because it’s so damned comfortable, Worst because it’s impossible to get out of it!