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Originally Posted by Fozzybear
Reading a thread about the rumours about new front-lit readers and seeing how some people have bought many, many e-readers it struck me as interesting that something as outwardly basic as a device for reading a book attracts much the same gadget upgraditis that other consumer electronic devices attract. I'm curious about what people think about this - are we victims of the push for more gizmos, more bells and whistles? Are people still searching for the 'perfect' device to read from or are we being led like sheep to buy the 'new' just for the sake of it? Is there something lacking from the devices of today that tangibly interferes with your reading?
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Computer (chips) are like automobiles (or perhaps the internal combustion engine). The invention transforms everything. If you consider the auto to have been invented c.1890, then it has been about a hundred twenty two years since that invention, and there have been quite a few upgrades, not to mention the various kinds and types of motor vehicles. If you consider the personal computer (with the 8008 chip) to have been invented about 1975, then it has only been 37 years since that invention. We are in the late infancy of the personal computer (chip), and there should be a lot of upgrades coming, many of which we cannot even predict at this time.