On 3 November 2017 at 01:03, Evan Koblentz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > BS. > > I've been a professional full-time journalist for 20 years. No one in their > right mind is using anything older than a last-gen laptop. Maybe two > generations if they're poor like me.
Not full-time, but still a paid scribbler for everything from PC Mag to MacUser. In this century, I have written columns on a Mac Classic II (in the 21st century) and on an early-1990s 386sx laptop under WordPerfect 5.1. I have toted a Thinkpad Butterfly internationally, repeatedly. I am currently building a bootable Live USB with PC-DOS 7.1 and MS Word 6 for DOS as a distraction-free writing tool. Yeah, some people totally do. Weirdos, probably, but yes. And I am typing this on an IBM Model M (made 1994-05-06) which is attached to my Core i5 Thinkpad X220, bought used in January for £150, which is my newest and most powerful laptop. In fact probably my newest computer of any kind. -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053