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Laptops: A blessing or a curse?
Chanpory Rith | Oct 8 2007
When I got my first laptop, I loved the exhilarating freedom of whipping it out anytime I "needed" it. No matter where I am, I could work on a project, balance a budget, or play a video game. Years later, despite its "convenience", I'm dangerously married to my laptop. It's with me virtually everywhere. On the bus, at work, at home, in bed. And yes, it even goes with me to the toilet--the perfect time for multi-tasking, right? According to my estimate, I spend twice as much time looking at an LCD screen than high-definition reality. My laptop, supposedly handy, is now just an easy excuse to work (or procrastinate) at any time, all the time. I need help, and it's time for an intervention. Do you have an unhealthy marriage with your laptop? Have you switched back to desktops? How have you coped? Please share. 43 Comments
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 leave the laptop, take the CannoliesSubmitted by Sharpie on October 8, 2007 - 3:28pm.
if you need access to work, get yourself a desktop with VPN access. My experience is that if you have a laptop you treat it as a necessity. In fact, you begin to treat it better than your family members. It goes everywhere with you (bathroom, ahem). You spend more time with it, and less with your human counter-parts. It's a little like having a Barbie doll or GI Joe. It goes home with you, it goes on trips with you, it has a little house with all of it's little accessories. If you must have something, get a PDA and carry that but the goal is zero electronic devices when you leave work for the day. better you should stay a little longer at work and pause or finish what you are doing. » POSTED IN:
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