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Never heard of nexstand but it looks suboptimal for keeping the small laptop screen as close as possible to your eyes

My preferred design is like https://amzn.eu/d/0KB8nGM (2x U shapes of metal), which lets you have the keyboard underneath the laptop , so the laptop is as close to the edge of the desk as if you weren’t using an external keyboard

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If you need the laptop screen to be that close, maybe you need glasses.

I have a Roost stand and with my keyboard in front of it, the distance is mostly right (13” screen and it’s more comfortable if I scale fonts up by 20% or so). It’s actually closer to my eyes than my desktop setup (24” screen mounted on monitor arm)

You don't want a small laptop screen as close as possible to your eyes. That's asking for eyestrain and problems in the long-term.

If you're having trouble seeing clearly, you should use glasses and/or increase the system-wide font size (or decrease the "resolution").

Thanks, I keep all monitors (laptop or not) at arms length for work/reading, but for gaming or other immersive activities a 13in screen needs to be closer to match the experience of a full size monitor

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