11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
How this boring technology became the decade's hottest gadget
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.
