Yesterday I got a new laptop from office. What was wrong with my old one. Well nothing really. You see it was a very impressive sony vaio which I had got around three years back. With 256 mb RAM it was a bit underpowered, but it never gave me any issues and it had a top class screen. Which is what I wanted in the first place. In my job screen resolution matters.
Then the company decides to go in for an encryption software. This protects the contents of my laptop in case it’s lost. Great. But it slows the dam thing. Then they install even better anti virus. Even better, but now it begins to crawl. Then the new anti virus scans every time I on the piece. This one is dead. Where do I bury it? I am sure some guy scared the shit off the company and recommended that we go in for the latest soft ware, which is good, and I don’t object to it. But I ma sure they would have been quite on the hardware upgrades required. In fact they would definitely not anyone that some of the older laptops would not get hardware upgrades as their motherboards are now obsolete and incompatible. Software upgrade can never be at the cost of productivity decline. I would come in the morning at 8.30, switch on the piece. Post which I would then read the newspapers, even the highly superficial Bombay Times. I would reflect a bit; have enough time to think of a blog post. The comp would purr in to life by 9.15. I would then click on the icon for outlook. Than I would click on the word icon. Word would load relatively faster. I would write my blog. Slowly as the scan completes my outlook would start working. In time for the office which technically starts at 9.30. I would post my entry and start my day. Give or take a few minutes.
In the meanwhile I got my requisition for the comp. I had asked for a 15 inch screen, laptop which weighed a brick but was fast and had decent resolution. They called for it. It came with vista home edition. It wouldn’t work on the LAN. Then they installed the XP operating system. Now the screen resolution drivers wouldn’t work. This lasted for 3 months post which I gave up and settled for the current smaller piece with a small screen and ok resolution. I am told it’s got 2 GB RAM. Wonder how long that should last before we upgrade the scanning software.
Now life is not the same. It’s like working in Goa for a year and then asking to adjust to the hustle bustle of Mumbai. I come in and switch on the comp and it’s started. I was confused. I was well adjusted to the relaxed routine. Now I really want to be a luddite.
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