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by Moru 3211 days ago
Get a proper laptop with fullsize keys and a large enough screen to work on.

For shoulders and back I suggest getting a bow and start with archery, has done wonders for me and much more fun than lifting weights!

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That's still not good enough because you will either have chipmunk arms (i.e. hands at chin level) or will have to bend forward to look at the screen.

There is a good selection of tenkeyless keyboards available that will fit in your laptop bag (get one with a microusb port rather than a fixed cable, as strain relief for a fixed-cable that's getting shoved in a bag is challenging).

Then you just elevate your laptop (stack it on books, bags, whatever you have handy; I keep a few textbooks on my desk at home for this) and put the keyboard on your lap if sitting, or bar if standing. I wouldn't call it perfect, but it's mobile, affordable, and way better than a laptop alone IMO.

> I keep a few textbooks on my desk at home for this

ahhh, the $800 monitor stand. (i do the same.)

>Get a proper laptop with fullsize keys and a large enough screen to work on.

No laptop in existence has a keyboard big enough for me. The smallest external keyboards I've used are probably larger than the largest laptop keyboards.

It's not about the size of the keys. It's about the location with respect to your shoulders. Having to angle your arms inwards is not a good idea.

Same for screen. If you're looking downwards, it's bad for your neck. Which is why I always use an external monitor.