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IT's Love-Hate Relationship With Laptops

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the caucophony-of-pleasure-and-pain dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Are laptops really as great as they're cracked up to be? We love their portability, and we've been charting the steady rise of laptop sales for years. Yet while many of us depend on them for work, our IT departments view them with mixed feelings. IT managers point to wi-fi configuration, complicated authentication procedures, and eight other issues as making their jobs a lot harder. What else is missing from the list of laptop limitations? What would you like to see in the next generation of laptop computers?"

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  1. How 'bout this? by AltGrendel · · Score: 0, Troll

    What would you like to see in the next generation of laptop computers?

    Linux offered by the OEMs?

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  2. Re:Laptops by Jeppe+Salvesen · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's cuz shitty Windows Laptops have such small touchpads. And you can't touch with two fingers to enable two-dimensional scrolling. :)

    Seriously, as long as we keep buying the laptops with inferior touchpads, they will keep getting built. It's as easy as that.

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