8 Signs You Need To Ask IT For A New Computer

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Do you find your work computer frustrating? Do you often fantasize about grabbing a bat and re-creating the printer scene in "Office Space"?

If so, you've probably got an outdated computer, and it's time to ask your IT department for an upgrade. Fortunately, the newest computers - particularly those with Intel-built technology - perform faster, weigh significantly less, and have twice the battery life of PCs built four years ago.

Need some help convincing IT of how desperate you are? Not sure whether you really need that upgrade? Check out our list of signs that you're way past due for a new computer.

1.In the time it takes for your computer to boot up, you can brew a whole pot of coffee ... and drink it.

Top-of-the-line laptops can go from sleep to start in six seconds or less. But in your case, you're going to need a cup just to stay awake while you wait.

2. You finish typing a sentence before a single word has even appeared on the screen.

No, you are not the world's fastest typer. Your computer is just really slow.

3. You've lost two pens, a coffee mug, and a stapler in the thicket of wires behind your computer.

You should probably stop accusing your coworker of stealing your pens.

4. Your laptop doubles as a portable gym.

The average laptop weighs six pounds. Yours, on the other hand, has replaced your dumbbells.

5. Your laptop gets so hot that you can fry an egg on it.

Fortunately, you have no problem fitting in breakfast in the morning.

6. When you go on business trips, you get a contact rash from your heavy laptop bag.

You might want to consider filing worker's comp for that nagging pain in your shoulder.

7. You'd rather have people huddle around your laptop during a meeting than try connecting it to a big screen.

Wireless projection onto a big screen? What's that? Hey, at least this approach builds team unity.

8. You get separation anxiety when your laptop is away from an outlet.

The average laptop should hold a charge for 10 hours. But yours? Without an outlet, you're powerless.

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