Tech Savvy or Out of Touch
Tech Savvy or Out of Touch
Keith Watterton
English 111
Professor D. Domi.
15 September 2010
Keith Watterton
Professor D. Domi
15 September 2010 Tech Savvy or Out of Touch
I was at Best Buy to buy a new laptop for school; the store was busy that day. I headed over to the computer section the line at the geek squad desk was about twenty-deep, and all of the blue shirts walked heads down with a purpose, because they were helping other customers. All around boxes were flying out the cages; I wandered if they had the same purpose as me. I wasn’t sure where to start so I went over by the Macs just to look at the ipads and see what else they had; after looking at the prices I moved on quickly. Feeling more at home in the pc area I begin my regimen of breaking down the laptops. I would look at where they put the usb ports, and the layout of the keyboard and mouse. I would then note the processor speed and memory as I closed the screen and would lift it to check the weight and sturdiness. Setting it back down I would check the screen lock and open it backup. I provably checked half a dozen in this form, until I came to one that really intrigued me. I looked at this ipad thin Sony laptop the screen was smaller than the base so when it opened up the bottom acted as a stand to put the computer at an angle. I followed my standard procedure to check it out, but when I went to open the screen back up I could not find the latch. I begin to have a Zoolander moment with this computer short of dancing around it and poking it with a stick. I leave it in its closed state and look at the laptop beside it. This was a move of reassurance, because I didn’t want to be the only one that could not open this thing. Finally after a few moments of acting as if I was interested in this laptop; a guy walks up as if her were Ben Heck, he tries the same things I have already. He then looked at me, and I act as if I have never seen this laptop before; I shrugged as
Keith Watterton
English 111
Professor D. Domi.
15 September 2010
Keith Watterton
Professor D. Domi
15 September 2010 Tech Savvy or Out of Touch
I was at Best Buy to buy a new laptop for school; the store was busy that day. I headed over to the computer section the line at the geek squad desk was about twenty-deep, and all of the blue shirts walked heads down with a purpose, because they were helping other customers. All around boxes were flying out the cages; I wandered if they had the same purpose as me. I wasn’t sure where to start so I went over by the Macs just to look at the ipads and see what else they had; after looking at the prices I moved on quickly. Feeling more at home in the pc area I begin my regimen of breaking down the laptops. I would look at where they put the usb ports, and the layout of the keyboard and mouse. I would then note the processor speed and memory as I closed the screen and would lift it to check the weight and sturdiness. Setting it back down I would check the screen lock and open it backup. I provably checked half a dozen in this form, until I came to one that really intrigued me. I looked at this ipad thin Sony laptop the screen was smaller than the base so when it opened up the bottom acted as a stand to put the computer at an angle. I followed my standard procedure to check it out, but when I went to open the screen back up I could not find the latch. I begin to have a Zoolander moment with this computer short of dancing around it and poking it with a stick. I leave it in its closed state and look at the laptop beside it. This was a move of reassurance, because I didn’t want to be the only one that could not open this thing. Finally after a few moments of acting as if I was interested in this laptop; a guy walks up as if her were Ben Heck, he tries the same things I have already. He then looked at me, and I act as if I have never seen this laptop before; I shrugged as