Congrats! If it doesnn't have a wireless card, you can buy a "USB wireless adapter" on eBay for around $15. Or you can get one from Best Buy for around 40. (Reason #16,583 that I refuse to shop at Best Buy). But you would need the wireless router.

Aside from that, not really sure how else to optimize it. But I can tell you thise little wooden tv trays are the persect height in my house for using the laptop in the living room. I don't think I have turned on my desktop in 3 months.

OH one other cool toy I have: it's an external hard drive. Also found on Ebay. Actually, I have 2. One is for computer backups and business files, the other is where I put all of my music, movies, and pictures. They both fit on the little table with my computer. I do this to keep the memory available on my hard drive.