On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 04:26:44PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: [...] > But that is the old fly in the ointment, other software may not be avilable. > I do run windows and real text screen UNIX is not aviable anymore. All I > know it is same $$$ cycle as always, BUY the new machine > for faster software, but you need buy the software that has bug fixes and > patches for the new system and the software slows down again. > GUI's gave us 8x bloat and streaming media another 8x bloat.
Decades of being nickel-and-dimed by the Microsoft ecosystem has taught you that you need to pay for a lot of software. This is far less common on other platforms. I'm watching the MNT Reform with some interest as they're much more user-repairable and -upgradable than typical notebooks, but it's nowhere near ready yet. The small-run prototype is also an eyewatering €599, so I'll pass on it for now. > It is about time NEW notebook computers to come out to let you use them to > take NOTEs rather than some ap for your phone for notes. I use a fountain pen and some old file cards for that :) > PS: Do I need a VALVE computer for the best sounding digital music? You *could* buy one of those ricer PCs which have a valve amplifier fitted right there on the PCB, nice and close to all those sharp digital signals and noisy ground plane. The target market is hipsters who don't understand electronics. > PPS: Notice how records are selling again. There's a lot of talk from the same hipsters about a vinyl resurgence, but the impressive-sounding percentge issues are against a tiny baselines that's pretty much an accounting error. In absolute rather than relative terms, the only growing market for music is streaming. Spotify is one of those appalling bloated web-wrapper apps I was railing against. I'm sticking with CDs; they'll even play on my old Amiga.