I think the main advantage of frazbin's setup as opposed to the other suggestions here is that it's the most frugal. If you only have a laptop, you don't need t

I think the main advantage of frazbin's setup as opposed to the other suggestions here is that it's the most frugal. If you only have a laptop, you don't need to buy neither an arm/handle nor a monitor. You only need the laptop, a table/desk (glass/opaque, doesn't matter), a keyboard, and something heavy to put on the laptop.