Newton Forever

What is it about the Apple Newton that makes it so seductive that users still rely on their Newtons five years after Steve Jobs cancelled the project?

As with all “obsolete” computers, the short answer would appear to be that it still works, so why ditch it? The other issue - which is probably a comment on the way market research stifles originality and encourages a herd mentality among computer designers - is that according to the Newton fans nothing out there quite meets their needs. With the success of Palm-like PDAs and the growth of the clamshell laptop market, users who want something sized somewhere between the two form factors are left to hang onto the one machine which filled that gap.

[Via Techdirt]