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- Subject: Re: HELP: Need Newton/HP95 help
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- From: nohl@milori.ccit.arizona.edu (LYONS, NOHL)
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:20 MST
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- In article <1993Jan26.184851.4814@netcom.com>, cew@netcom.com (Clayton Weimer) writes...
- >mjones@eos.ncsu.edu (@large(Are you Object-Oriented?)) writes:
- >
- >
- > Obvion
- > cew@netcom.com
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- Unless I am quite mistaken you are over Apples and oranges (EO's).
- If I understand Apple's propaganda, Newton will only be able to use programs
- which are loaded on a PCMCIA cards. You can't attach it to a keybard, and
- it has been criticized as being a very expensive competitor to the Casio
- B.O.S.S. The point being that many of the tradional paripherals found with
- a computer system are notable absent. Even Apple's propaganda treats the
- newton like a glorified notebook/personal information manager(PIM).
- Just because it can crunch numbers real fast, doesn't make it a "personal"
- computer.
-
- I have a VCR that can be programmed, some might argue that it's a computer,
- but its really a consumer electronic product. It's a product for the
- computer illiterate (not me I just can't spell).
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- EO on the otherhand is a computer with a hard disk, modem ports, and an
- operating system. It loads programs into memory (fairly subtly, but more
- obviously than Newton). According to EO's propaganda (which I devoured today),
- their products are personal communication tool (Any computer that comes with a
- cellular modem option has got to be a communication tool).
-
- EO's are slated to run 2 to 3 times as much as Newtons (out of the box).
- But the people using them are going to already know that they need the power
- of the computer. Newton owners may very well be a bunch of ignorant
- folks who enjoy Doug Henning Magic shows (Thank you).
-
- >: By the way, I'm not a fan of Macs, PCs or any such thing. Give me an
- >: Archimedes of NeXT anyday.
- >:
- >Me too, as it happens.
-
- Personally I like my Mac and don't have the slightest clue
- as to what an Archimedes of NeXT is.
-
- My $0.02,
- Nohl Lyons
- Nohl@ccit.arizona.edu
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