Working from home day after day and night after night on a borrowed laptop computer is no fun. when it is borrowed back off you. So, for that reason, I feel the time has come for a laptop computer of my own. Or do I require a desktop? A PC or Apple Mac? Or perhaps one of those small palm-held jobs would look the part; after all, it would fit neatly in my handbag.
After much consideration and deliberation, I go full circle and finish up back at the laptop computer. But where do I start? What are my requirements? Well, my business is a small one, so I don’t require anything top of the range. Yet! I’ll use it chiefly for article writing and up-dating my net site. Oh! And perhaps a spot of shopping! And I will be the one using it. Probably!
So I have a glance on the net to find out what other people are purchasing. And what manufacturers are selling. Suddenly the English language becomes muffled jargon. Do I know what I require?
What memory is necessary? My husband, a programmer, insists 2GB is what is called for. Added to that is the essential 2.0TB of storage! Whatever all that means! I am not so sure! I fear they may have his own reasons for these specifications.

Dell is mentioned; so I go online for a browse. Having found one within budget that appeals and appears to tick all the boxes, I am suddenly confronted with an array of extras – all of which serve to push up the cost.
So I pull the reigns in. Perhaps I don’t require a lap-top of my own. Perhaps my husband’s will suffice after all.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be – well a lot for Shakespeare – it seems to work for us.