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Please help me buy the right laptop for disabled.....

Dec 3, 2014 3:04PM PST

Hello,
I am trying to find the perfect laptop or hybrid that will suit my needs. I'm fond of the Lenovo Yoga 3 look and feel but in hardware im not sure it will work.
I was injured in the Marine Corps and am now mostly bed and couch ridden so I want to find a touch laptop that I can use for gaming, writting, photoshop, lightroom, apps, movies, and recording music (I have microphones and guitars I can plug in. Perhaps not at the same time). Port wise, I can get away with a USB (or two), and perhaps an HDMI. A card reader would be nice but not essential. I need the laptop to be light and flexible because I have to lay in different positions throught the day.

All of the reviews, minor differences and versions have me a tad confused and with a bigger migraine than I had before. Any help would be appriciated. Thank you

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Don't see the attraction.
Dec 4, 2014 2:08AM PST

CNET's review at http://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-yoga-3-pro/ would have me remove this one from the list. There are many other light laptops today but use in bed is just a bad idea as the vents will get blocked and dust intake seems to be very high. That is, a great way to burn through laptops.

I'd meet with your support folk to re-evaluate some rig to hold the laptop and pick from the top 10 lists at CNET and Notebookcheck but this model wouldn't be on my list.
Bob

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why laptop?
Dec 5, 2014 1:53AM PST

Seems you'd do better with a desktop. More bang for the buck there too. Semper Fi, my oldest is a Marine Sergeant, currently near Camp Lejeune (cherry point), after coming home from overseas. In your situation, I'd use wireless keyboard and mouse, bigger screen near bed, wall mounted speakers, headphone over bed post, maybe external ce/DVD/DVDRW drive so the tower doesn't have to be right beside the bed.

If you used a laptop you'd want a cooler pad and have a lapboard to put that on too.

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Check your real needs
Dec 8, 2014 1:52AM PST

Compare more on your needs and the comfort zone that allows you to access your laptop. If you're that bed ridden then you need a "hard surface" to keep the laptop from getting too much lint, dust, etc., as Robert explained may present an issue at a latter date. I also find, if you have to move around as being stuck in a rack makes you adjust often. i realize having a light laptop is bound to be more appeasing but that also may not fit all cases. The specs of any laptop or fancy tablet should be looked at and see what they provide or both. A simple tablet may provide quicjk acess to web and email, etc. and aren't all that expensive. You can always add more USB ports with a USB ext. connection extender/hub. You can even depending on the laptop get a "laptop dock" that befits your model and allow more ports or ease of use. Since, you seem to want to do alot of stuff, then that laptop already suggest you want a more capable one from the git, because laptop generally aren't upgradable if at all other than storage or ports. Allow the apps or s/w requirements provide a guide to needs that laptop has to provide or support, and more is better. Of course, once you're not bed riding any or conditions change that too may provide something you can live with for now but like much better later again, depending on what you get. I'm sorry not to confirm or give a list of this or that but again your "needs" provide more in what you need to zero-in on.

Semper Fi -----Willy Happy USMC 73-77