Fiddle,
I LOVE my laptop. I use it all the time for school--with my spine history I like to study laying in bed or flat on the couch. I do this to avoid making my muscles upset, and I retain more information this way (I am weird, I know).
I just rest the laptop on my chest (when I am sitting on my bed or in a chair I rest it on my lap). Make sure to get wireless internet too.
I can go anywhere in my three story house and I am connected to the internet--I can also send documents to my printer wirelessly. Don't you just love technology?
Justin