3 Nov
2017
3 Nov
'17
1:36 a.m.
On 3 November 2017 at 01:03, Evan Koblentz via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
BS.
I've been a professional full-time journalist for 20 years. No one in their
right mind is using anything older than a last-gen laptop. Maybe two
generations if they're poor like me.
Not full-time, but still a paid scribbler for everything from PC Mag to MacUser.
In this century, I have written columns on a Mac Classic II (in the
21st century) and on an early-1990s 386sx laptop under WordPerfect
5.1. I have toted a Thinkpad Butterfly internationally, repeatedly. I
am currently building a bootable Live USB with PC-DOS 7.1 and MS Word
6 for DOS as a distraction-free writing tool.
Yeah, some people totally do. Weirdos, probably, but yes.
And I am typing this on an IBM Model M (made 1994-05-06) which is
attached to my Core i5 Thinkpad X220, bought used in January for ?150,
which is my newest and most powerful laptop. In fact probably my
newest computer of any kind.
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