My favourite piece of technology

I am more afraid by technology than hooked on it. However, I have to admit there is a piece of technology I could not live without: My laptop.
My parents offered it to me three years ago, when I had to move to Paris to study. In my school, it is nearly impossible to survive without a computer, since we have to do research on the internet and type essays most of the time. Actually, the majority of the students even bring their laptop to university. This notebook pc turns into one of the most important items of my life, and even more since I have been living in Chile. In this computer are all my documents: The records of my three years of university, my CV, all the pictures I have taken during my trip around South America, my music…I use it to phone my family and friends, to send e-mails, to upload pictures, to study or to work for my internship, to watch movies and series, to listen to music and to the French radio, to chat, to Google …I have the feeling that this laptop contains my whole life!
However, I am unfortunately preparing myself to kiss it goodbye. Indeed, three years old is a lot for a laptop, and it is getting slower and slower. Two weeks ago, I could not start it, so I started to panic. I finally realized it was only the battery charger that was not working anymore. However, I decided to buy an external hard disk to save my files, my music and my pictures in it. I guess I will have to buy a new laptop when I go back to France.