History of notebook computers

My company did have massive layoffs - 2 years ago - due to Microsoft buying them. With 20 years of broad enterprise experience I've yet to be re-employed. I have a terminal illness that is beginning to show physical signs that HR people ask about, so re-employment is not likely. I cannot perform the job of fry chef as I cannot stand for more than an hour. In my blanket generalization of *magazine* writers (not newspaper reporters and book writers) I never made a claim of specific intelligence. In fact I labeled them as Journalism and English majors, not idiots that can't get a college degree. But my statement stands - they typically don't have the background to fully understand what they are writing about. Most magazine articles are written in a style that presents the author as someone knowledgeable in the subject of the article (a difference from reporters who present what they find and how they found it). Book authors usually *are* knowledgeable in the subject, and often partner with a writer to better present the material in a professional and understandable manner. My inclusion of a reference to fast-food workers was actually a vague reference to the stabs at certain professions such as Journalism/English repeatedly made in the comic strip "Dilbert". Some professions, such as music, acting and writing, have a stigma of early-career joblessness (how many actors were waiters?). It was a bit harsh, and I apologize. This has nothing to do with technocracy or elitism. I don't expect a lawyer or physician to build or fix their computer systems and I don't practice law or medicine. Consumer-grade tech magazines have become a vast wasteland of simplifications and brain-candy. I think the expectations placed on magazine writers are unrealistic and driven by profit and advertiser appeasement. And I am glad that there are people like you around who can write authoritatively on a subject that non-tech people have trouble understanding.