Each time I am going in to a cafeteria, practically twelve the people that are within are hammering away at a PC notebook PC while swilling Mochas.

But I'd be prepared to bet that, for the overwhelming majority of them, employing a new PC or notebook PC is simply a matter of showing off the most recent gadget.

They'd doubtless do miles better to simply use their private PCs at home. In the 1st place, it's a lot more frail. Not only are portable notebook PCs at risk as you carry them around and type on them with cups of hot coffee dangerously close by, but the PC itself is less craggy than a desktop PC. With a desktop PC, if you are prepared to replace the drive from time to time and often swap in some new memory, you'll be ready to go for ages. But with a PC notebook PC, you never can tell when it is going to break down. And when your portable notebook PC does break down, it is going to be much tougher to fix.

Unless you employ a Mac, you can simply open up and fix your private PC. You can take out anything that goes bad, put in a new one, and get it rolling again. But with a portable notebook PC, it is far more tricky. You have to get it professionally serviced, even if all you need to do is to add a new memory stick. And then there's the issue of spending hours typing at a portable notebook PC. Irrespective of how you set it up, the screen will be too low and the mouse and keyboard will be too high up.

Over time, this could cause wounds to your wrists and backbone. Sitting at a coffee bar and typing all day is not good for you. You want to have a correctly set up desk at home. If you're going to line up your workspace correctly, why employ a portable notebook PC at all?