[MACEP] laptops and ergonomics

[Mark Petersen]

On Feb 26, 2006, at 10:27 AM, JeanineDuBois wrote:

>  I have my head bent down all the time. It's becoming a painful  
> problem. I thought about creating a skid-free wedge to put under  
> the keyboard, so that the laptop screen is a little better for my  
> eye level (neck-wise). Any insights?

I have purchased a second screen for my 12 inch iBook, a 15 incher  
from Costco for about $180 and scrounged up a keyboard.  Then, I  
built an angled platform that puts the iBook up about 8 inches to  
make the top of the two screens match height, more or less.

Then, I found a script on-line, for free, that makes my iBook share  
the screen real estate across the two screens and not just mirror  
what's on it.  (Caveat!  One has to check the video card to make sure  
your iBook's card is compatible with the script or you could cripple  
your video output!  The script's Read me details this caution.)

Now, I work on the large screen and keep my menus and e-mail window  
showing on the little iBook screen.  Very handy and it certainly  
opens up my work.

The link for the script can be found on this page:
	http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html

Pay close attention to the cautionary note about Rage video cards!

Cheers,
Mark


Mark A. Petersen    map at mac.com    Portland, Oregon

"I got lost in the suburbs last week.
   It was horrible; mile after mile of ticky-tacky on steroids."
     Molly Ivins


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