Laptops - the truth THEY do not want you to know!!

 My laptop weighs a ton, I was mystified why this should be but then I eventually fathomed it out. 

There is a great secret that Microsoft/Apple do not want you to know. It wasn't critical in the past, computers were desk top or sat in towers on the floor but as laptops have become more ubiquitous it cannot remain a secret any more.

If you dig out your laptop manual and look at the specifications amongst the width x height x depth there will be a figure regarding the weight of the laptop  brand new - weigh your machine now - IT WILL BE HEAVIER - but why???

Data within a network involves transfer of electrical energy and one of the many units of energy, amongst others, is the calorie - and we all know that too many calories = fat 

So data downloaded onto a computer has consequences and for laptops in particular. 


A Microsoft Word typed document of  a single side of A4 = 2g in weight
An Excel spreadsheet with formulae  = 45-50g  in weight
A Lady Gaga mp3 file of 3 minutes = 15g in weight
Genesis Suppers Ready = 1.75kg !!


It doesn't stop there, the type of data making up the file is also critical 


An mpeg4 (video file) of an exercise video = 250g/hr
BUT
The latest edition of the "Biggest Loser" a dieting video = 1.3kg/hr

Indeed any programme with chubbers in - Vanessa Feltz or the chubby goth out of Gavin and Stacey will all be significantly heavier than equivalents with a thinner cast - indeed the final proof is with Oprah whose weight has gone up and down like a yo-yo, the editions when she is thinner WILL be lighter than her chubbier offerings.  


So you have been warned -

Bigger hard drive  = more data = heavier laptop = more strain on laptop case strap = more Quasimodo type gait




PROVE MR WRONG!!





 






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