[LarryNYC]

ManDay,

I appreciate you taking the time to write up your use cases, and I can certainly see how some of the dropped features in the S1 were of great value to you. Sadly, I don't think there are enough users like you to fund the further development of the device, even when selling it for a grand. In the end, it will be the mass market that saves you, and us, and allows for the continued development of the product.

Sony seemed to figure out that the device would not be successful when aimed at a narrow niche, such as just lawyers. I bought my S1 from a composer who saw in it the ability to quickly write music. He moved on to the Surface Studio, an amazing 29" display that you can write on with a stylus.

I don't mean to sound so harsh and uncaring. I regret using the word "bloat". Still, I think users have to adapt when software changes. We live in this amazing world where there are so many ways to solve our problems.

I can only smile at what consumes us because I started programming on punched card machines and DECWriters, which, by the way, were terminals that printed on paper! Every new device I buy fills me with delight and astonishment. I remember when I had to use rocks, and now, look, just look at this beautiful thing!

I know you don't want to change your habit of not carrying around a laptop, but, we do indeed have the most amazing, small, lightweight laptops ever created, and ones that are a joy to use. Yes, they cost money, but you can get zero percent financing from Barclays at the Apple Store and figure out the monthly payment so that you don't pay them a dime of interest.