Actually, I have a little (tiny) amount of insight as to why Johnathan
had to get rid of his Newton. He said to me that he needed something
smaller, which I can see as a valid problem with the Newton. The Newton
may indeed be better in many aspects, but size-wise it just can't quite
hack it if you have to carry many other electronics with you on a daily
basis. For example, I like to take my Newton with me when I go places,
but the only pockets it'll fit in are the ones on the side of my cargo
pants, and it drags them down so they almost come off my ass. I'm not a
plumber, so...
And don't worry, Johnathan's Newton has found a good home: I'm the one
that got it. We traded my IIIc for his Newton, after I actually posted
to this list looking for someone to do that with. Once I find some
employment, I plan on setting up Johnathan's old Newton as an NDPS
server using wireless. As a wanna-be writer, the Newton's a lot better
than the Palm or even my iBook for quick notes on the road.
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Robert Locatelli
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:54 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Goodbye NewtonTalk
> I'm bewildered. I keep seeing this sort of logic every so often, and
> don't understand it at all.
If you get the Palmtoy presented from your employer the things are
getting
different. There are people out which are not so deeply amazed by
technology
as many of us at NTLK are. A friend of mine can simply not spent the
necessary time to keep his Newton running. I do help him from time to
time
to debug a b/u problem or cure jaggies and the like but finally some
people
have other things to do beside the Newton.
> Job requirements are job requirements, meet them or turn down the job.
...
> It only represents the Newton as an object.
The Newton IS an object only. Life will go on as it did before w/ or w/o
Newton. We all will find new toys...
<OT> BTW, does anyone own a Dataplay geek toy? </OT>
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