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   Laptop blues

   

   DanTekGeek, Feb 24th, 2004 @ 1:24pm

   
   

   I dont think that it is at all preposterous that people have emotions for their computers. I know, when my laptop crashed, I was really out of it. HTe emotion stems from the personal data, friends met, and uniqe customization of their computers. I work on my laptop every day, it is as much a part of me as my glasses.

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   Re: Laptop blues

   

   Bastard Sammy, Feb 24th, 2004 @ 2:46pm

   
   

   I would have to agree. I'm on my computer at least twelve hours a day. It's replaced things like my briefcase, and note book. I even have a compaq ipaq I carry around when I'm not around the big computer.
   My wife, my kids, all use the machine. But it's not that we love the computer so much as we love what it enables us to do. It's simple really. Why not have a survey asking how much people love their shoes and socks? I think the numbers on that would scare you.

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   Re: Laptop blues

   

   thecaptain, Feb 25th, 2004 @ 7:26am

   
   

   I also agree. Without my laptop, I am completely lost. I have a desktop and my wife has a laptop so its not that PCs are lacking...
   
   Its just that its mine, I spend time working with it, working ON it to make it work just right...its a bit like a home.
   
   You decorate a home to make it livable, comfortable and inviting and you spend time there so you are attached to it...my laptop is the same.

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   Re: Laptop blues

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 25th, 2004 @ 10:13am

   
   

   
   
   dorpus loves his vibrator too, but I think even he could deal without having it with him all the time.

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   Is an emotional attachment to one's car irrational

   

   Adrian Anders, Feb 25th, 2004 @ 3:22pm

   
   

   After all, for us in the Modding/Mini-ITX/barebones DIY computing community, we put alot of love and effort into making our computers wholly an expression of ourselves, inside and out. Much in the same way as a car lover customizes both the exterior and interior of his prized sports car. Personally, I don't see my computer as a "friend" as in the same way as I see a human, but it is my baby, and a source of real pride.
   
   ATA
   

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