Originally Posted By: Bensheim
I don't get it. Why is this a "must buy"? On the front page of The Telegraph today, under a pic of Steve Jobs, it says it is "a cross between the iPhone and the MacBook laptop."

I have neither, so why would I want this? WHO are the target buyers? People who buy things just because they're new? confused WHY would anyone want to lug this around to read BOOKS? Er......go and get the book, it will weigh less and won't run out of battery power either. confused

I must be very old-fashioned. I have desktops at work and a mobile phone which I hardly ever use: it has not been switched on for a month now.

Other people live on different planets, it seems. The last "must buy" in my household was a replacement washing machine. The last "must buy" in the office was sourcing better address labels/sheets.

Relax, it probably wasn't designed with you in mind. I bet it would be fun to get one... but it's not like anyone is forcing anyone. However...
Originally Posted By: Bensheim
>> go and get the book.

Go ahead. Don't download a book in 5 minutes while relaxing. Go ahead. Drive down to the mall, find a parking space. Walk around. Wait in line at the cashier. Pay $30 (or more) for a hardcover. Walk back to the car. Spend an hour (or more) just *getting* the book. Go ahead. No one's stopping you.
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BTW, can you check your email while reading that book you just bought (sitting in the coffee shop)? Or google some info about the author? Should everyone be "old-fashioned"? No? So what's with all the questions then? I don't get it.
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More? Can you search in that "book" you bought for every occurrence of the word "nostalgic"? How easy is that then?

Last edited by Hal Itosis; 01/28/10 07:54 PM.