| My Acer laptop computer has changed my life. | | | | offered a faster and more stable system than |
| In fact, I can say quite honestly that it has | | | | windows, which has recently made computers |
| revolutionalized the way that I work. It has | | | | more vulnerable to viruses than linux. In a |
| made me much more productive and efficient | | | | nutshell, windows can kill your system. It |
| overall. How, you might ask? As a writer, I | | | | slows it down and opens the door up for a |
| need to remove myself from the distractions | | | | plethora of viruses.I also learned that to |
| at home. And I would much prefer to work in | | | | rely on my laptop, I needed to maintain it |
| the quiet, soothing atmosphere of a coffee | | | | and protect it. Laptops are much more |
| shop. But doing so in the past meant | | | | vulnerable to damage than a desktop, simply |
| recording everything with pen and paper and | | | | because we carry them everywhere we go. How |
| then retyping it upon my return home. What a | | | | often do you lug a computer tower around? |
| waste of time. But now, my life has | | | | Thus I recommend investing in a hard case. |
| changed.Owning my Acer meant not only that I | | | | Sure, soft cases are cheaper and easier to |
| could leave my home and work from the coffee | | | | carry, but in the end, you will want a hard |
| shop, but I could leave town and still work. | | | | case to protect this high dollar investment |
| If I needed to travel for business, I had my | | | | that you just saved a couple months worth of |
| work right there with me, on the plane, in | | | | paychecks for.Because of their vulnerability |
| the airport, in my motel. The Acer even | | | | to damage, laptops should also be backed up |
| affected my social life. Instead of finding | | | | frequently, daily if possible. No one wants |
| myself bogged down, I can just type up my | | | | to lose valuable information, so back up your |
| reports and head out the door to meet my | | | | information on a flash drive or CD. Consider |
| friends for a night on the town. I don't even | | | | using your desktop as a backup as well for |
| have to stop at home. I can just pack my | | | | the information on your laptop.My Acer has |
| laptop up, slip it in the car, and then enjoy | | | | saved me days of work. I find myself enjoying |
| the rest of the evening with friends. Work | | | | my job even more now that I am not chained to |
| and play have become one.To make my Acer more | | | | the same desk in the same room for hours. And |
| productive and efficient, I had to modify its | | | | I find myself enjoying life more when I know |
| operating system. Instead of relying on the | | | | that I can just pick up and go in a moment's |
| old standby of Windows, I converted the | | | | notice.Gregg Hall is an author living in |
| operating system to red hat linux. Linux | | | | Navarre Florida. |