Comments on: I did something crazy…

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:11:36 +0000

I recently purchased an Alphasmart Neo, which is like a word processor from the 80s, except you can upload your files to your computer. I love it. It’s as small as a laptop and weighs much less, is as tough as a calculator and is completely retro. It doesn’t even do italics! I italicize with HTML markup and let Word translate it when I upload my files. It’s the perfect pen-and-paper notebook replacement.

By: Caffey

Caffey — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00:54 +0000

Ann, my daughter loved that first hand held gamer called Sega Game Gear.
It was bigger to hold and easier to see the game. Plus she loved the games back then. She went high and low all over to find it, and she now has it. Get this too, she’s 22 years old and never really cared for any of the video games before except for this one! She used to pick it up that my son had and played with it but none of his others and was disappointed when it broke. He goes on to the newer and newer models, but this was a gift to herself that she found all over the place she could.

Too I know there’s newer eBook Readers but I love my EBookWise thats pretty much one of the earliest eBook readers. I had the original REB and just loved the size of the screen, the back light and all. So when that shut down and the internal went to HTML (or text/doc) I had to make sure I had that. I’ve seen the newer ones like Sony and Kindle and more that are coming out, but none have the back lights that I can read in the dark, LOL. And the bigger screen this EBookWise is awesome and so smooth and easy to hang on to. So I so understand that many go with the newer models, but I like to stay where I’m comfy with! Same with my daughter.

By: Kimberly B.

Kimberly B. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:39:01 +0000

Oh, it looks like my old Imac, which served me well for 7 years! I do love the way the old Imacs look (I’m a sucker for the pretty color), and I probably would have chugged along on mine still, if it didn’t freeze/I didn’t get an Ipod (need something compatible )/want a laptop I could bring to the library and lectures and stuff. Anyway, have fun on your new retro ‘puter!

By: Kati

Kati — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:34:23 +0000

I think they call that “One small step for Ann, one giant leap for readerkind.”

By: JC

JC — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:58:47 +0000

I actually know perfectly what you mean. My first word processor was a PC that I found in my family basement- the first laptop my dad had that fell out of use. It was black and white, had lines that ran across the screen, and ran Windows 2.0. Yes, that’s right. Windows when it looked more like the Mac interface. I used it all through my highschool career, and the only problem I had was I had to save word documents as plain text or they wouldn’t be compatible.

Now I have a more modern laptop, and it’s nifty and all (it even has color… a novelty!), but I still miss my first computer, because it was so simple. It played solitare and could run Windows Word, and that’s all I needed it for.

And the keys clacked.

About the time I finished highschool the laptop went kaput. In a week the floppy drive started going crazy (scary, because I had to scramble to get everything off my computer… since no printers were compatible and it couldn’t write to CD’s) and two weeks after that the screen broke.

It was a natural death, but I still mourn for that thing. It was a tank.

Bless your beautiful “little” Mac. May it serve you well.