23 Mar
2005
23 Mar
'05
11:09 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Roger Merchberger wrote:
They did totally err on another thing - the first
"full clamshell" laptop was
the Tandy 200, which came out in '85, 4 years before the NEC UltraLite.
Morrow I think had a CP/M-80 fully battery-powered, fold-up
clamshell computer before even that.
Computer magazines are pretty consistently worthless today -- they
know only about sales. They could be selling wicker baskets, same
difference. New! Improved! Same but no different!
Their idea of the 13 "critical machines" to
me is disappointing - The Sony
Picturebook at best has had minimal market impact and is rarely seen outside
Japan;
But Sony is probably a big advertiser. It's pretty much as simple
as that.
If you don't pick at it, it doesn't hurt :-)