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I admire Telstar1948's flexibility but the days when I could fold both legs under me are long gone!

You're quite right, zhenya, I did pose the question that way; some answers are a little more useful to me personally, but it's interesting to see the range of views - and indeed thigh lengths. If you had been in IT longer than 10 years you would know that the inbuilt resistance of the average...

I'm very pleased for all those contributors who don't have the problem that I suffer from; but what I'm most pleased about is the practical advice from those who recognise it as a genuine issue. All I need to do now is shop around for the Incipio Roosevelt Folio or something equivalent, at an...

As other contributors have described, if I have the keyboard flat(ish) near my navel then the kickstand goes beyond my knees. Even if I arrange my 'lap' to support the screen horizontal (not very convenient), the near edge of the keyboard is uncomfortably close, leading to difficulties with the...

Thanks, abc. Terrible price here in UK but seems to do the job.

I am delighted with everything about my new SP3, but it's not strictly accurate to call it a 'laptop replacement' because I can't use it on my lap! I can of course use it in 'portable PC' mode ie on any convenient surface - desk, table, whatever - using the excellent kickstand, with the...

Thanks for the prompt reply. I am using BurnAware Free, which seems to be fine for (eg) a DVD movie, but I will have a look at the others you suggest.

Thanks. I would like to emphasise that I'm not trying to do anything illegal, since I do own the software; but it is clearly copy-protected, as you say, and I fully understand that is a topic this forum wants nothing to do with - quite right, too. I see 2 possible ways forward now. One is to...

I found this extremely useful - up to a point! I wanted to install a CD-based application on my Surface Pro 3. The explanations and links were all fine and I created an ISO file with no difficulty, and transferred it to the Surface Pro 3 desktop using a USB stick. I ran the setup program from...