Laptop

The laptop computer sits on the desk

Quiet, motionless, minding its own business

On the outside is a slab of plastic

On the inside is a complicated jumble of wires and disks and electronics

Working together, they create the laptop

The computer started out big enough to fill a room, so valuable naught but 5 people in the world owned one

The computer shrank, and shrank

It shrank into a PC

It shrank into a laptop

It shrank into a notebook

It shrank into a laptop

Small enough to carry in your bag

Large enough for decent keyboards and screens

Is there any computer better than the laptop?

The laptop is an amazing thing

So simple on the outside

So complicated on the inside

So mind-blowing in use

How does it work?

How did scientists create the laptop?

What makes the light of the screen?

How does the keyboard connect?

How does the laptop connect to the internet?

Few people understand

The laptop is complex

But its simplest feature makes it the best computer

To be able to open and close the lid

The convenience of carrying it around

Is what makes it trump the PC by far

The laptop is an amazing thing

Millions of years ago, a human’s most complex invention was the wheel

Nowadays, we have the laptop

An invention so complex it takes years of training to understand

And even then, no one truly knows how it works

Do even scientists fully understand what makes it work?