Survey Finds Surprising Facts About Americans' Relationship With Laptops

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Survey Finds Surprising Facts About Americans’ Relationship With Laptops (NAPSA)—Thebenefits of being “plugged in” at all times are start- ing to burn out some laptop users— literally. According to a study by Wakefield Research, lap- top users makesignificant sacrifices in exchange for mobility. The complaints are widespread and range in nature from scorching heat to subpar sound. Fortunately, solutions exist to fix the most-common woes. There are accessories that can vastly improve overall laptop experience, no matter where you want to use it—at your desk, on the couch or even on the go. All Fired Up Laptop users reported that they consistently face issues with the heat generated from their computer. In fact, nearly half (47 percent) of laptop users surveyed have had to temporarily quit using the device because the heat became unbearable. Desperate solutions that people have tried—a pillow (27 percent), towel (19 percent) and magazine (15 percent)—don’t adequately address the problem. Lapdesks can help alleviate the issues people experience with laptop heat. For example, the Logitech Portable Lapdesk N315 is slim enoughto take along in a laptop bag while the Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 can shield you from You don’t have to stand for too much heat or not enough sound from your laptop anymore. heat and deliver rich, full stereo sound,too. Did You Hear That? Most people use their laptop primarily for entertainment, with movie on their laptop because the speaker quality was subpar. More than half of all laptop users say music sounds better on a record player than on their laptop’s just 4 percent using it exclusively at work. The trend of buying music and videos online has rapidly emerged as a commonpractice and speakers. The speakers built into most laptops are tiny and can’t always reproduce powerful audio. Whether you're an MP3 devotee or to their newly acquired digital files ers makes it easy to connect, turn people often use their PCs to listen for the first time. However, listen- ing to digital files on the built-in speaker on a laptop often leaves room for improvement. The sound quality is often so poor that nearly one in three laptop users report having stopped a a movie lover, adding laptop speak- the sound up and lose yourself in the things youlove. Learn More To learn more about Logitech laptop accessories, including speakers, lapdesks and cooling pads, visit www.Logitech.com.