Oh So Happy To Be A Laptop Owner Again
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I remember how thrilled I was a few years back when I bought my first laptop computer. After a decade of being chained to a desk, it was amazing to be set free to enjoy writing, designing and web surfing from my cushy love seat or better yet - from the coffee shop in town.
About two years ago I packed up my love seat friendly workstation and shipped it to Hawaii. It was a bittersweet good-bye. As much as I hated to send it away, I had a good reason.
My nephew had recently plummeted from the sky in a para sailing accident, leaving him partially paralized and in a great deal of pain. Going from a life of flying through the sky on an almost daily basis (he was actually an instructor) to being homebound - was a rough transition. I felt like he needed my laptop more than I did - so off it went!
I embraced desk life again and told myself that a love seat is best used for watching Stargate on DVD or keeping up with my DVR.
But deep down - I knew I’d want another laptop one day.
It took longer than I expected. We moved twice and I had to upgrade my desktop along the way. There’s always something putting a demand on our budget isn’t there? Well, yesterday I finally cracked open the box of a brand new Dell Inspiron. Woohoo!
It feels pretty great to have this sleek little number sitting on my lap. Like coming home.
To the love seat that is 
Kelly McCausey worked hard for others for many years and never made ends meet.
Now this single mom enjoys the freedom that comes from working hard for herself as an internet marketer, podcaster
and WAHM business coach. Host of 
Kelly,
first of all I hope your nephew is doing not too bad with your/his laptop.
I’ve got also one - it’s an ACER Travelmate and quite some years old now. It’s a bit slow now, and sometimes I think of getting a new one. But then I say to myself: it still does the work it has to do, so I keep it.
Have fun with your new one!
Ulla
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Kelly-
So glad you are enjoying your new Dell laptop. What color did you end up getting? I’d love to hear how your re-found freedom from the desk is changing how you work from home!
Kara Krautter
Dell Small Business Community Manager
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Ulla, my nephew is doing pretty darned great for surviving a fall from the sky and a broken back
Thanks for asking!
Kara, it’s just black - nothing fancy. If I had my druthers I’d have red
So far my re-found freedom means being able to blog at night while hanging out on Quad Watch - which is awesome!
Congrats! I got myself a Dell Inspiron 2 months ago and I LOVE it. I feel so weird using the desktop now and rarely do. It was awesome to go away for 2 weeks and be able to have everything with me on my own computer and still get work done!!!
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