nospam wrote:

In article , Peter Köhlmann
wrote:

the newton was *way* ahead of its time.

Translation: It was nearly unuseable. Too far ahead for its limited
capabilities

I take it you never used one? Especially not a 2100 with Newton OS 2.1.


I tried one for about one day. And was disgusted. Slow as frozen
molasses, and the much tounted "feature" handwriting recognition was
completely useless. This got better much later, but at that time better
notebooks were around

in other words, 'no'.

there wasn't a 'much later' after the 2100 and notebooks are not the
same category.

In short: You have not tried the Newton when it came out. It was disgusting.
Until Newton OS 2 it was a better doorstop
And yes, Notebooks are another category. They are not useless