LapWorks released Laptop Desk Futura

LapWorks today announced a fashion-forward addition to its Laptop Desk family--the Laptop Desk Futura. Like its Laptop Desk 2.0 and UltraLite siblings, the Futura's dual-purpose design provides an ergonomically-sound workspace across the lap, and folds into a wedge-shaped stand for desk use. An oval-shaped burst differentiates the chic Futura design, and it will be LapWorks' first laptop cooler to come optionally in fashion colors in the coming months. The initial units, in modernistic 'gun-metal' gray, retail for $29.95 directly from LapWorks.

To improve laptop cooling over previous designs, LapWorks 1) created open ventilation slots which were previously closed channels so cool air can enter from under the Futura, 2) elongated these slots by 2 inches so hot air has a better pathway to escape from under wide-screen notebooks, and 3) created a 1/8-inch air space to let cool air circulate under the notebook with rubber pads that lift and separate it from the Futura.

"In the next three months we plan to offer the Futura in bright, modern, hand-painted colors similar to iPod/MP3 player skins," said Jose Calero, LapWorks' president. LapWorks also plans to offer customized Futura paint jobs. All colors – hand-painted and customized – will be offered at premium prices. "Some of our customers have asked when we might have a trendy Laptop Desk, so we are dipping our toes into the fashion fountain with the Futura," Calero explained.

The Laptop Desk Futura weighs just over a pound (16 ¼ ounces), and folds in half to 11 x 10 ¾ inches and one-half of an inch thick for easy traveling in any computer bag. It is constructed of high-impact ABS plastic, and carries a one-year warranty.

We have favorably reviewed two of LapWorks products: Aluminum Desktop Stand and Laptop Desk 2.0.[Bill Fox]