Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > I'm probably going to buy one to see what it's like to read a newspaper on > one. I'm sure I'll find some use for it around the house if it turns out > not > to mix well with an armchair and a mug of strong black New Guinea Highlands > coffee. I already have enough computers. > I think it's less a computer, as you and I have known them, as it is a player for media, for games, for utilities, but not for the wide-spectrum of tasks that our laptops or desktops are. Not that the power isn't there - by the standard of say 5 years ago this is a fast machine - but that it's focused. I'm desperately hoping that it will help the newspapers find working model that keeps them afloat. The blog sites just don't have the journalist background that print media has. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Right now a whole generation feels that news should be free, or paid for by ads. I think this is a broken way to think but I'm a voice in the wind. Adam