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As a side-side note, and just for the record, in 1993 existed (I had one) the Compaq Concerto, using the Windows for Pen Computing (a spin-off of Windows 3.1):
by jaclaz 9y ago
As a side-side note, and just for the record, in 1993 existed (I had one) the Compaq Concerto, using the Windows for Pen Computing (a spin-off of Windows 3.1):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto
My model was a 486Sx 33 Mhz with a whopping 8 MB Ram (default was 4 MB)
I could have written more or less the same review at the time, nice (doing what at the time was more like "magic" or "science fiction" than anything else) it would have needed a more powerful processor, need (better) character recognition, sold for a VERY steep price [1], etc.
At least it needed not a stupid proprietary cloud, it was compatible with most if not all existing software, doubled as a "normal" laptop.
[1] The cost was if I recall correctly around 4,000,000 Italian Lire, roughly 2,000 Euros which at the time was like 3 months salary of a worker.
EDIT: Clear slip of the fingers, it was 8 MB and 4 MB, I wrote GB originally
- thirdsun 9y agoOf course you meant 8 MB of ram.
- jaclaz 9y ago>Of course you meant 8 MB of ram. Oops, yes, of course (corrected the post), thanks.
- djrogers 9y ago> At least it needed not a stupid proprietary cloud, As has been pointed out many times here, this does not require a 'stupid proprietary cloud' either.
- jaclaz 9y ago>As has been pointed out many times here, this does not require a 'stupid proprietary cloud' either. Let me rephrase "needed not" with "came not with a default", and allow me to doubt that a "common user" (or if you prefer "non-hacker" will be able to change the settings/whatever that this (otherwise nice) E-Ink device ships with.