Re: Is it bad to have a keyboard on your lap?

Posted by darien95 on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Is-it-bad-to-have-a-keyboard-on-your-lap-tp1547583p1547586.html

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:

>
> > I've been using my USB keyboard on my lap since I connected my
> > computer to my PC and now don't have any other good place for it. Is
> > this a bad idea? Also, how far should you sit from an LCD monitor to
> > be safe?
>
> I suspect the keyboard and mouse should be the least of your worries.
> The monitor, computer, and Internet router are probably the things
> you should try to keep your distance from. I use a keyboard tray,
> so the keyboard is only about an inch above my legs/knees. My
> LCD monitor is about 3 - 4 feet sway from my face, but I think to
> be really safe it would have to be an impractical distance away...
> like 10 feet.
>
> Marc

Why the Internet router? What about the wireless adapter in the PC? Is
that not as bad? And how far from a CRT monitor?
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