Assimilation
By Sarah Dobbs in Editorial
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It doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago that I bought my laptop. At the time, I was still using my decrepit old PC, which was struggling along on its last legs, and the laptop felt altogether too new and alien to me.
Slowly but surely, though, I started to get used to the convenience of the laptop. Being able to pull it out and put it on my lap while I watched TV, or just curled up on the sofa rather than sitting at a desk, was a new and entirely welcome experience. I live in the future! I can have a computer in my hands, wirelessly connected to the Internet, streaming video… that’s just not something we’d have been thinking about a decade or so ago. But it’s awesome!
As I gradually began to use my laptop more and more, though, it replaced my old desktop as my primary computer and I had to kit it out properly - new keyboard, new mouse, new desk and chair - so I’m almost back where I was. Except with Windows Vista Home Premium, a load more RAM, and a ton more hard drive space. Excellent.
How long does it normally take before a new piece of technology starts to become almost an extension of your brain? It’s taken me a couple of months, I think.
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