07/13/2025

How This Boring Technology Became the Decade’s Hottest Gadget

Desperation was the mother of technology reinvention

Lydon Thorpe, a 27-year-old resident of Brooklyn, shows why the personal computer became the hottest gadget of the 2020s.

He owns a smartphone, a tablet with a stylus, a handheld video game console and other electronics. But there’s no substitute for his trusty workhorse computer.

“I’ve found that I always have a laptop with me,” said Thorpe, who works in lighting and sound for the entertainment industry.

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