They watch a cowboy movie in which the hero dominates and for an hour or two after leaving the cinema they walk tall. They see someone at an airport in the business class lounge tapping on a notebook computer and suddenly they also have to have one. The truth is that not everyone needs a notebook computer and, before I give advice, I try to dissuade my non paying clients from buying one. A decent notebook usually costs more than two adequate desktop computers with 17-inch monitors. So you can have one at home and one at the office.
Notebooks are also difficult to work on with their half-size keys and strange pointing devices.
They are also targeted by astute notebook nabbers. Notebooks disappear off desks as quickly as it takes their owners to pour a cup of coffee. Notebooks are expensive but this is often considered an attraction, not a liability, by businessmen. A select few are even honest enough to admit that what they actually like about notebooks is their slim form, matte black finish and allure of power and sophistication. Some companies operating from small offices and houses have been robbed so often that management gives employees notebook computers instead of a PC to avoid theft.