But what is the intended purpose? It seems ambiguous to me, I was honestly trying to figure out if there was more than one person using the author's laptop, or

But what is the intended purpose? It seems ambiguous to me, I was honestly trying to figure out if there was more than one person using the author's laptop, or if it was a multi-author article or something. Not that English isn't chocked full of ambiguity - I just haven't managed to identify a benefit over using the more commonly accepted "I" here.