Okay, someone needs to just delete the voice over on this one.

I dunno, I find the voice incredibly sexy. Then again, I'm a geek.

I do this all the time. I take my X61 to the gym and read articles in tablet mode when I am using the treadmill and the cycle machine! The laptop sits just perfectly in landscape mode on the ledge designed to hold mp3 players!

Wow! I've pulled or knocked MP3players off treadmills more times than I can count! A thousand dollar laptop sounds like a lot of risk!

This has been available for years. Some treadmills, elipicals and other machines (I know NordicTrack makes some) are equipped with something called ifit. You can play a music track that has commands embedded in them that control the speed and incline of the machine. You can hook up to an mp3 player, cd player or computer and even stream live through ifit.com as long as your equipment has the ifit capability. The commands are sent by different beeps and tones. I have used it often, and it works pretty well.

I routinely work on my treadmill. The ledge is a perfect slope and large enough to comfortably fit my old DELL 15.1 inch wide screen with the rubber feet holding it securely in place. I can type ergonomically on the keyboard and with the trackpoint (ah, there is a reason for the keyboard joystick, isn't there?) I can mouse well. Seriously, I do a lot of work this way. I was worried when I got my X61T that I wouldn't be able to use it the same way, but not only does it fit, the smaller screen has much bigger type.

Understand, I don't like exercise and I don't like to sweat. I have a tornado fan blowing and good work to keep my mind occupied. I can go at 4mph for a hour this way, no problemo.