Insofar as cameras O am very happy with the Leica C-Lux3. Carry in my shirt pocket and except for a weak flash...it has a lot of resources...
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: betty <b1sun...@yahoo.es> >Sent: Jan 18, 2010 4:11 PM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products... > >DVDs & CDs - CDs, yes, DVDs no. There's no reliable replacement for DVDs. >Over-priced, >over-hyped Blu-Ray disks are a marketing tool, not an answer. > >Home telephone service - I was listening to a radio program last week where >the host said >that she lived in the DC area and lost her cable service for several days. She >didn't have >a digital TV so couldn't get broadcast TV shows. She had no Internet. She had >no phone. >Her cell phone had minimal reception in her apartment. She had to go to her >neighbor who >had a land line to make phone calls. She walked down to the corner store to >buy >newspapers. This may be an exception in DC, but it's normal in small towns and >rural >areas. The author lives in a big city and suburban fantasy world. > >External hard drives - How do you backup your computer? Broadband isn't >everywhere, and it >isn't fast enough to back up hundreds of gigabytes. > >Smart-phone also-rans - Fewer sales doesn't mean that a phone isn't as "smart" >or useful. >It usually means that its appeal and marketing is different. Is the most >popular phone >necessarily the best? Remember when the Razr was the "hot" phone? It was >awful, but sold a >lot. > >Compact digital cameras - Our two very fine SLRs have been mostly sitting on >the shelf >since buying a tiny Nikon digital camera. Sometimes snapshots that capture the >moment are >more important and worth saving than a > >Newspaper & magazine subscriptions - I went to a dance competition on >Saturday. Took the >bus to NYC; carried three magazines; left one on the bus. I forgot the other >two after >doing a video from the balcony of the ballroom. Glad I didn't have a Kindle. > >New college textbooks - might be right on this one except the used textbooks >have to be >bought new by somebody, and you can't write useful notes in the margins of an >e-reader. > >Gas-guzzling autos - when gas is more expensive, fewer people will choose >gas-guzzlers, >but they won't go away. >Energy-inefficient homes and appliances > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
