I suppose I am not a whole lot different with my Macbook. I've got it out on the table on a riser, my ipad on a stand on the left next to it, my mouse+mousepad to the right, and my usb keyboard in front.
The only difference is that all of my stuff fits back into my backpack with room to spare.
you know the saddest part is I have seen things like that more than once at a startbucks. Full power iMacs. Hell the worse was when I saw a 27in. All I could do was shack my head and laugh.