I think Michael Jackson put it best when he said, Dont stop until you get enough. Were all in such a hurry, trying to get enough, trying to get more and more and more. The typewriter too slow for you, Mr. Fast Pants? Use a PC. The PC too cumbersome? Use a laptop. The laptop too bulky? Use a smart phone, already! The drive to move and the need to communicate seem to be the two constants in this, our Modern Era, our Brave New World " our Eden.
For Willy Loman a briefcase was enough to push his way through the door to make his sale. Today, though, were all plugged into the mainframe. We all need to access our email, our bookmarks, our Twitter accounts. For this, a desktop would indeed be just fine, if you worked out of an office. For you wonder kids, you whizzes of the New Dawn, this simply wont do. The slick salesman of today needs a laptop to pull up his PowerPoint presentation and flash demos of the new cyclone-powered robot vacuum.
What was once a laptop bandwagon is now a commuter train. You can hop from one car to the next. Dont care for IBM? Rest easy, laddy " you have Dell, Lenovo, Compaq, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Apple to choose from. Dont like the silver cover? You are a finicky lout! Get the red one, or the black one or the yellow one for crying out loud. Now, you can even slap on some new laptop skins and presto: a racing flame laptop. Evel Knievel would be proud.
The accoutrements of today's laptop computers are so numerous, so targeted, it would be a waste of time delineating them. Extended batteries, flash drives, wireless Internet connections, CD and DVD players and burners and built-in toenail clippers. Bill Gatess, Michael Dells, and Steve Jobss imagination knows no bounds. Hate squinting at a 12 monitor? Come, come, now man " get yourself a 17 monster and let the whole caf enjoy your vacation slideshow set to Twisted Sisters Were Not Gonna Take It.
Stay plugged in for as long as you can. The matrix never sleeps. Bring your laptop to dinner. Impress your date with all the tricks youve learned. Embrace this break-neck pace and let your laptop take you to the highest peaks of digital reality. Just make sure you dont stop until you get enough. - 16738
For Willy Loman a briefcase was enough to push his way through the door to make his sale. Today, though, were all plugged into the mainframe. We all need to access our email, our bookmarks, our Twitter accounts. For this, a desktop would indeed be just fine, if you worked out of an office. For you wonder kids, you whizzes of the New Dawn, this simply wont do. The slick salesman of today needs a laptop to pull up his PowerPoint presentation and flash demos of the new cyclone-powered robot vacuum.
What was once a laptop bandwagon is now a commuter train. You can hop from one car to the next. Dont care for IBM? Rest easy, laddy " you have Dell, Lenovo, Compaq, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Apple to choose from. Dont like the silver cover? You are a finicky lout! Get the red one, or the black one or the yellow one for crying out loud. Now, you can even slap on some new laptop skins and presto: a racing flame laptop. Evel Knievel would be proud.
The accoutrements of today's laptop computers are so numerous, so targeted, it would be a waste of time delineating them. Extended batteries, flash drives, wireless Internet connections, CD and DVD players and burners and built-in toenail clippers. Bill Gatess, Michael Dells, and Steve Jobss imagination knows no bounds. Hate squinting at a 12 monitor? Come, come, now man " get yourself a 17 monster and let the whole caf enjoy your vacation slideshow set to Twisted Sisters Were Not Gonna Take It.
Stay plugged in for as long as you can. The matrix never sleeps. Bring your laptop to dinner. Impress your date with all the tricks youve learned. Embrace this break-neck pace and let your laptop take you to the highest peaks of digital reality. Just make sure you dont stop until you get enough. - 16738
About the Author:
The draw of laptop computers has never faltered, nor is it likely to. Nothing makes whiz kids feel more connected and important than a laptop computer slung around their thrift store Members Only windbreaker.
