Email: Why Laptops are great!

Recently, we got an email from a listener named Tom, who supported using laptops during his AD&D 1e game, here is what he had to say:

I am currently running a 1e campaign with a 5 players , 1 of whom ( my nephew) lives over 2000km away from my house. we play using skype video , I position my laptop over the game table so the other players can see yuri & he can see both them & the dungeon tiles/minis. It works better than I could have possibly imagined - conversation is lively & not stilted, - all the players can see & hear what each other is doing. lag is basically a non issue & the "actually there"feel is really achieved. Gotta disagree - laptops can work in a game :)