Actually, there is a reason. A good one. Say I’m working, but I’m about to leave for the airport. When I unplug my laptop, I want the battery to be fully charged. To do this, I must keep it plugged in.
This axiom only applies to people that know they’ll always be near a power supply. But I sort of think the promise of a laptop is its mobility. For instance, I’m typing this on my couch, but at any moment in the future I have in the back of my mind that I might get up and go work in a coffee shop, where the plug might be already taken and then I’d want a 100% charge on my laptop.
This freedom is fundamental to my ability to work. I find that if you keep changing locations as to where you work (the beach, the forest, the library, bed, the couch, a restaurant) then it doesn’t feel like you’re working all the time. Even if you are.
And, even if I don’t change locations (I usually don’t) the mere possibility that I could changes everything. Such as when I’m in LA, I never actually go to the beach, but the fact that I could fills the city with a distinct sort of pleasure, even when I’m only alone in my hotel room working on my laptop, which is usually the case.
