Gautam Jain's Blog » Health http://www.bloggersworld.com software, productivity & more Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Laptop, Desktop & Ergonomics http://www.bloggersworld.com/index.php/2011/08/21/laptop-desktop-ergonomics/ http://www.bloggersworld.com/index.php/2011/08/21/laptop-desktop-ergonomics/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:10:53 +0000 Gautam Jain http://www.bloggersworld.com/?p=327 More >]]> From year 2005 to 2008, I worked whole day only on a laptop. That was a big mistake. I was not aware that laptops are very bad for your neck, shoulders & arms. More over, they drastically reduce your productivity compared to a desktop (especially a big monitor).

Don’t underestimate the productivity boost that you would get by using a large monitor with a regular keyboard & a mouse. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a desktop. Just buy, no, I would say ‘Invest’ in an external monitor, keyboard & a mouse and connect them to your laptop. There you go! You can then work for longer hours, get more work done & you will get rid of future neck-aches, shoulder-aches etc.

Don’t hesitate to do this shift immediately. I have recently seen several companies supplying laptops to their employees instead of desktop. The employees spend whole day on small laptop screens & anti-ergnonomic laptop’s keyboard. If you want your employees to get more work done, then get an external monitor for everyone. Seriously!

Thanks :)

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