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"Don't Let the Inexpensive Price Fool You - This Is a Very Dissapointing Product"
Pros: Small and lightweight design
Cons: Does not handle heat well; is poorly constructed and too flimsy to handle any medium to large latop
Summary: I purchased the Targus Notebook LapDesk system as a tool to use with my 17" Dell Laptop. I work (and play) on the laptop from the couch and my bed, so the combination of a wide "tray" system and propping design seemed like a perfect fit. Unfortunately, this product did not deliver for either purpose.
As a laptop "tray" system, the device is too small and flimsy to handle the weight and size of most medium to large laptops (I tested with both my 15.4" and 17" screen laptops. While the width of the product is good, it is not deep enough to support the full size of the laptop, causing both the front and rear of the base to essentially hang off.
Any claims regarding heat management are completely false as a tray system as well. Not only does my laptop get just as hot when using this, the lack of insulation causes the bottom of the plastic to get so hot it burns my leg sometimes. What's worse, the cheap rubber "feet" on the top do not adequately hold the laptop in place, and they give off an aweful smell from being heated up.
Enough of the tray system, how does it work when used to prop the laptop up on an angle? Not at all! The cheap metal leg used to lock the folder-over plastic into place is help in place by flimsy plastic. Within the first two days of use, the metal broke out of its grove and it could no longer be used in this fashion.
While I have not yet tried any alternative products, I can't imagine them working any more poorly than this device did. Buyer beware!
Where to buy
Targus Notebook Portable LapDesk system desk stand:
$19.99 - $35.85
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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Office Depot
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