I'VE just bought a laptop computer, and what an eye-opener this experience proved to be. I've worked with PCs for nearly 20 years now and must confess to still retaining some vestiges of the early terrors.

Perhaps it's something to do with my dunce-like inability to understand maths at school. Or maybe I'm just bored with the technical side and all the cyber-speak. Anyway, I left the shop feeling like a complete idiot.

I've always felt as if I'm stuck in the wrong century.