Of Goldilocks, three bears, and three mobile devices

By Mar. 24, 2007, 11:40am PT 12 Comments

CIMG0124Goldilocks left the kitchen, stomach nicely full from the big bowl of Honey Nuts N Oats cereal she’d just eaten.  Heading into the back of the Bears’ home she walked into the study and her eyes got so wide!  "Look at this, there are 3 computers in here!  I can check my email and IM my friends!"

She is drawn naturally to the littlest computer, the Vulcan FlipStart.  "Oh my, look how cute this is.  It’s a tiny little laptop, I can’t wait to use this.  She picks up the little FlipStart and promptly drops it onto her foot.  "Ouch, ouch, ouch!" she exclaims.  While the FlipStart is one of the tiniest laptops you’ll ever see she made the mistake that most who handle the FlipStart for the first time make, she misjudged how awfully heavy it is.  It’s made by the man who helped start Microsoft and who now owns most of Seattle.  He must have a lot of important information to carry around with him to lug this heavy little PC everywhere.

Goldilocks limps back to the desk and puts the FlipStart back where she found it, being careful to use two hands and all her strength to keep from dropping it again.  After all she only has one good foot left and she may have to dash out at any moment if the 3 bears return unexpectedly.  Having placed it back on the desk her eyes are drawn to the giant, pretty laptop at the other end of the desk, the Apple MacBook Pro.

"My, look how big this is!  That must be at least a 17 inch screen!  But it’s so thin at the same time!"  She sits down and opens up the web browser and jumps onto the web, checks her email, sends some IM messages to a few friends, and listens to music through the MacBook which sounds so nice.  She finds it very easy to use, even though she’s never used one before.  It’s made by the House that Jobs Built.

She decides to carry the MacBook over by the window and quickly realizes how heavy it is.  "I’m not going to make the same mistake twice and drop THIS one on my foot."  In spite of the weight she discovers it is very easy to carry so she brings it with her and sits in the nice, big overstuffed chair by the window.  She sets the giant MacBook Pro in her lap and starts writing an email to Muffy, her very best friend in the whole, wide world.  After thinking a bit about what she wants to tell Muffy she types in the first two sentences when she realizes her legs feel like they are on fire.  "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, my legs are burning up"!  That’s when she notices the fire is coming from the bottom of the giant computer in her lap.  "I can’t use this, it’s going to burn me right up!"  So she takes the giant MacBook Pro back where she found it, after rummaging through the closet and finding some nice gloves to prevent burning her hands.

There is only one computer left on the desk so Goldilocks picks it up and says "now this is more like it!  It’s so light and small and yet so functional with the Core Solo processor, integrated keyboard and touch screen!"  She takes the Fujitsu P1610 to the chair by the window and sits down, the computer comfortable in her hands without being too heavy.  She does her email, IM and checks the Britney Spears web site for any new information about her absolute favoritist celebrity, and to her delight she discovers she still has almost 5 hours of battery life left!  "This is the bestest mobile computer I have ever used, I think I’ll take this one with me!" 

And so she does, a fact that is going to tick off Momma Bear no end when the 3 bears return home from robbing bee hives.  The moral of the story is- never leave your P1610 lying around unprotected, you never know when Goldilocks might show up, and always choose the right tool for the job at hand.

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