The Airport Test
by Elizabeth Blair York | March 27th, 2007Like many old road warriors, my laptop’s critical function is when it is actually mobile.
It is its ability to get through security. To be slipped from its pouch and back. To bounce on my shoulder to my gate. And to function, meaningfully, while I am sitting and waiting for my delayed flight.
This is the moment that tests - the battery life, the signal from the wireless card, and the mouse that I manipulate (usually using a magazine as a mousepad).
And this, famously, is where the travel mouse usually fails.
The wireless mouse’s batteries die at the wrong times. How many times I’ve watched another passenger picking up and slapping down their mouse, trying to magically make it start working again.
The little wired mouse doesn’t fare much better. It tangles in the bag, its size isn’t large enough to fit comfortably under the palm, and the wire makes using it a level too complicated for the tight-fit stressful environment of the airport bar.
Which is why I’m really anticipating the arrival of my MoGo.
I leave for a 5-state, 2-country trip in a couple of weeks and I’m eager to work without breaking my wrist on the touchpad. Since the MoGo recharges in the PC-slot, I won’t have to worry about batteries. And since it’s wireless, I won’t have to snag an in-flight magazine for a pad for a tiny trackball.
The package should arrive today, and I can’t wait.
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