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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3278279" data-attributes="member: 23810">I used to use a laptop next to me (as GM)- it was mainly for notes and paperless system - especially when I'd been running late and just e-mailed home the plot details I'd sorted out during my lunch-breakbut i gave it up - it wasn't fast enough, i kept having to move it out of the way to search for the scraps of paper or maps that i hadn't scanned. I found having to alt-tab through the dozen files i had open time consuming and it annoyed the players 'cos i kept on asking them to wait why i found something. It then crashed half way through a final encounter with the BBEG stats lost....I also found the problem was that it was forcing me to do more and more preparation to make the game work. no more sketching encounters out and then detailing them in breaks with notes on a print outIt sounds like other GM's are more organised than me, and maybe that makes a difference, but unless I invest in a tablet (I used to have a palm so I'm not 100% convinced on the writing) and the software gets that little more user friendly, I'm going to keep the laptop for preparation, and use paper & pencil at the gaming table. (OK I will keep it in the room in case of emergency print requirements - but thats about it)(Not trying to derail the thread - just wondering how the other DM's get over these problems )</blockquote>