1. You get walk into the kitchen and fix your own food when you realize that PDC doesn’t have breakfast. ( Right, @timheuer?  )
2. No “Genius BO” to have to suffer through.  You know who I mean.  You’re sitting behind a guy so brilliant that he could write a new programming language in its entirety on his laptop in during the keynote but apparently can’t comprehend the nuances of personal hygiene.
3. You can threaten Ray Ozzie out loud if he says the word “Cloud” just one more time without having to miss the rest of PDC due to your sudden but imminent incarceration.
4. You get to experience the joy of your two year old coming into your home office during the keynote and asking you, “doin, daddy? Watching tv on puter?”
5. You can get the poppy seed from the bagel you got from your kitchen (see #1) unstuck without someone next to you saying, “STOP SUCKING YOUR TEETH!”
6. Real Internet access.  ‘nuff said.
7. Your body and brain thinks it’s 11:30 because guess what?  It really IS 11:30!
8. You can watch the entire speech without having to decide whether to leave early so you can a good spot in line at Starbucks.*
9. The “Ray Ozzie Drinking Game”.  You can take a drink* every time he said “Cloud” without getting arrested and pass out in your own comfortable chair.
10. When Ray gets boring (and he will), you can hop on over to YouTube and watch Steve Ballmer be not boring.

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