Laptops are useful. If you can't afford to own business, its better to to do it online without any expenditures. You have to option to compete with the world easily. Countries like China and India are a success in front of you and they have made their economy to reply on services as well. They have created cities entirely based on technology. If you are an Engineer AutoCad will help you. If you are designer, Photoshop and animated related apps will guide you. If you are an accountant or or in other related field of business, Excel and Powerpoint is for you. In schools, if you can't afford to buy books then go download it online. If you can't meet students to study together then Facebook, twitter, Dropbox, and etc is for you.
And the funny thing is, you are using computer to talk to us here on PDF. , By all means According to your statement, all your 950 posts are a waste.
The world is changing my friend. Its up to you to decide to act now or never....
There is a saying here:
"Its better to INVENT a JOB then to FIND A JOB."