The laptop is a portable computer that people can use when leaving home or office and have to be always on the run. Usually businessmen use their laptops in restaurants, airports, subways, trains, parks and wherever they need an internet connection in order to make their business work. Being portable is exactly the reason why the laptop was build with an incorporated keyboard, as it would be really difficult to have a bag with a normal keyboard in your hand every time you go away and plan to use your laptop computer. It also has a special kind of digital mouse called a touch pad. It works like a mouse, but it surely does not look like one, as it is a simple rectangular touch sensitive pad that captures the movement of your finger and translates it into movements of the cursor on the laptop screen.

However people still prefer using a real normal computer mouse that they can attach to the USB port of the computer. It is a lot more comfortable and faster this way. The touch pad is ok, but it surely has its inconveniences like less speed and lack of scrolling, double click and so on. Not to mention the fact that you can't perform the right click when you are using a touch pad. For all these reasons a lot of people use their laptop by adding a regular mouse to it, even when they are on the go. Computer mice are not mechanical mice with a ball in the middle any more, so they can use almost any surface available. The problem is that sometime even optical computer mice can have some difficulty in trackking the signal. This happens when the surface where you place your laptop is either very irregular, or shiny or is made of glass. In this case the surface reflects the signal and the mouse can't capture it. Then it's time for a laptop mouse pad.

Ok, tell me you won't carry a normal mouse pad in your purse just to unfold it in the park and use your laptop there. That means you have to use some alternative things, something like a laptop sleeve. Actually Artmu company thoought about this problem long before you did. So they acted in consequence and they built a 2 in 1 laptop sleeve with mouse pad. It serves its initial purpose of protecting the laptop from scratching and getting dirty and, at the same time, the right side of this product works like a very good mouse pad. So this side of the laptop sleeve is a bit harder and more resistant in order to offer a flat mousing surface to your computer mouse. It is a very good combination and many people who are always travelling and at the same time using their laptops are very grateful they discovered it. This laptop mouse pad/sleeve is sold for the fair price of $15, quite a bargain.



So problem solved with working in the park and using your laptop and mouse there, but how about trying to use your laptop in bed? I am sure you tried that and it is really uncomfortable. Not to mention the fact that the bed mattress is soft and the mousepad , too, so your mouse won't be very happy about it. Well, I found the device in the picture above and I think it may help us with this problem. It  is called wooden laptop desk with mouse pad and that is just what it is. The main advantage of this thing is that you can use it in bed to support both your laptop and your mouse and offers a great hard surface that is so necessary for a good mousing operation. The bending legs allow you to adjust its position and height in order to find the most comfortable position possible. Besides this laptop desk/mouse pad is made of wood and very ecologic. Actually it is made in China, so I don't know if you can wait that long but it surely helps to know it exists.



This specially designed bag for the laptop is called Quciksilver premium workstation , costs $154 and is a very useful laptop bag , very protective and easy to carry, perfect for those who are computer addicts but also have to travel quite a lot. When you open it you will be surprised to see how many parts it has and how you can use these parts in so many ways. The middle part is a very good support for the laptop and the right side is a bit compression molded and turned into a wonderful laptop mouse pad . There are also a lot of pockets available for all tiny things that surround a computer (cords, wires, mouse, USB memory stick and so on), but right now I am only interested in its use as a mouse pad, even though I know that you can stretch this bag in order to fit most laptop sizes.



Last, but not least - you can use an over sized work station mouse pad to place the entire laptop on it , so the mouse will be at the same level with the computer. The special thing about this is the fact that the mouse pad gets heat from the laptop and the Dormino mouse uses it to recharge its batteries. So there is a double hit: you both use a nice laptop mouse pad and produce energy at the same time.