I would imagine few use it for serious writing anymore. Modern laptops have pretty good battery life (10 hours+) and are pretty portable, as well as have all the modern conveniences and connectivity that you generally need these days. There are also plenty of distraction-free and purpose built apps/software, obviously.
I reviewed one of the modern options, the Freewrite, earlier this year: http://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2017/02/27/review-astrohaus-freewrite-smart-typewriter-distraction-free-writing-device/ It's effective, but pricey. The main advantage that it has over the M100 series is that you don't have to do anything special to make it work within modern workflows. In many ways, it's actually more limited than the M100 series, though, and is really just a smart typewriter (and that's all it really claims to be). I've certainly entertained the idea of using one of my M100 series systems for my professional writing activities - or even some leisure stuff - but it would be more as a novelty these days than something that I feel would enhance my productivity (and maybe even the opposite). With that said, in many ways, there really is no true modern equivalent to what the M100 series can do. Considering all the ways we can work now, something like that is probably not needed, but it's still interesting to note. -Bill ================================================ Bill Loguidice | About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ================================================ On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 6:10 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:51 PM Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I thought some of you might be amused by this reply to a post I made in a >> CCtalk mailing list thread discussing the best device for undistracted >> writing with a good keyboard, display and battery life: >> >> FWIW, Evan is a well-known figure in the vintage computer community. >> >> m > > > Well sounded like he was debunking a specific bit of old wrong news. > > Reality is people do write with it. Not sure in what numbers. Sports > writer story... never heard of it. > > — John. >
