So it was with honest enthusiasm that I had the pleasure of taking an ASUS V6-V with me to Scotland for my little trip in recent days. Time pressure is a cruel mistress at times. It's not that we don't use the notebooks we review as they were intended - far from it - but we generally don't lug them them around as much as we'd ideally like. I get to test drive a bunch of different notebooks outside of the bounds of the official review process, over a longer period of time than I'd have with a review sample, in more of the ways that most people use their notebooks. Also, the nature of the game means that when I ask for a loan laptop for some out-of-office work, I usually end up with something fairly decent with which to tap out my prose. That complicated process involving the swearing is cool, though, since it results in a different laptop each time. Whenever I need to do the road warrior thing, I pick up the megaphone and aim a blast of expletives in the general direction of the HEXUS.high-ups, hoping they'll sort one out. The funny part is I don't have a laptop of my own.
Being a journalist, a large chunk of my job is writing articles like this, and since all I really need for this part are working keys and a screen to see the key presses, having a laptop lets me get work done while I'm on the move. I've been up here for a few days visiting my Dad in hospital (get well soon you old git!) and the concept of the virtual office has me firmly in its grasp.
I start writing this article sat on a bench in Aberdeen train station, freezing, as I make my way back home to Sheffield.
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