Time Saver?

Yesterday, I wanted to do something on the computer that should have taken only five minutes, but the computer had something else in mind. I found myself spending two hours "fixing" the computer; time I would have rather spent otherwise engaged. It made me wonder how much time this "time saver" actually eats up. What would I be doing if there were not a computer in my life (besides hopelessly trying to balance my checkbook because I stink at math)? Does this little box connected to an unreal world really make my life easier, or is it just something else to maintain? Something to think about...