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Originally Posted by foreverjuly
Didn't I see one of those in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Oh no, that was Hal.  It's amazing how quickly the futuristic morphs into the archaic. |
First portable computer I saw was an Osborn one. I don't remember what color the screen was but it was a tiny screen on a big box.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Amusingly, a lot of the ebook defenders seem to feel that fiction novels and other applications that slow monochrome EPDs are adequate for are "serious" reading, and the forms of reading that fast color screens can do are somehow less "serious". "Serious" tends to be chosen as it allows the user to be arrogant without outright calling themselves better.
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Well, the monochrome part is not really a big deal. After all, the majority of books are monochrome, except for the cover.
On the other hand, to reach the mass market, the colored reader is probably neccessary. Far more people read magazines than read books.