Re: [NTLK] Why did the Newton fail?

From: Martin Joseph (marty_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Thu Nov 14 2002 - 15:24:37 EST


On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 07:44 AM, Katarina Gubler wrote:

>
> You know, it is very strange to me. There are so many people on this
> list and around the world that love Newtons. There are user groups
> all over the Internet and there are meetings everywhere, Germany,
> Canada, etc. What happened to the Newton? I have seen the new
> Newtonesque item MS is coming out with...do any of us think that this
> will last? I mean if it will run Windows~of course it will~imagine
> the bugs and the blue screens of death!!
>
> Any insite?

Oh Boy! This is a bag of worms we have been through many times over
and over and over.

Windows XP will not work as a table OS, and really there is nothing new
about this latest incarnation of microsofts "pen windows". There will
not be BSOD however....

Marty

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