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I just wish I had the cash to buy one back than, as I could use that to 'type' papers faster than i can actually type :) Oh well... ]]>Dec 21st 2005 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/Dec 21st 2005 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/


Funny... my last comment hasn't come out here yet, even though I confirmed it.



Wish I had a couple of grand for this collection. Even more, I wish I had saved at least one of my six Newtons I had. Wonderful device.]]>Dec 21st 2005 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/Dec 21st 2005 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/Dec 21st 2005 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5844280178&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1]]>Dec 21st 2005 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/Dec 21st 2005 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/


Time to move on...



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The OS was a work of art. Scripted and completely object oriented.



When the Palm Pilot came out it just seemed like such a cheap little hack that I couldn't be bothered. Of course it took off like gangbusters.



Palm got the size and price right and they also weren't linked to the (then) pathetic Macintosh market. They were technically very simplistic which one could argue ultimately lead to their demise. But they understood what people were actually going to buy, not just what it was they wanted to sell.



Apple still operates as a company that sells what they want to sell, not what they think the consumer wants. Right now they happen to be very in sync with the consumer.



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But the Newton was really before the internet. I actually think that it was before the internet that killed it. BTW I think the Nokia 770 may be my next newton]]>Dec 22nd 2005 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/Dec 22nd 2005 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/


Posted at 7:30PM on Dec 21st 2005 by Steven"



finally, someone agrees with me. i always thought "she" was a transsexual.]]>Dec 22nd 2005 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/


I suppose you are going to start hanging out next to the Smithsonian Museum, making fun of all the "necrophiliacs" inside.]]>Dec 22nd 2005 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-newton-museum-closes-shop-auctions-off-collection/


"I suppose you are going to start hanging out next to the Smithsonian Museum, making fun of all the "necrophiliacs" inside."





Well, if they're actually *committing* necrophilia, I might...



People are always going "oh.. the Newton is so great.. blah blah".. I have two of them. They WERE great.. just like the NeXT WAS great... They're footnotes now...







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It's a shame this has to close. I wonder if the other "real" computer museums will buy or if the buyer will donate to one of these museums.



We need to keep museums of this type of stuff so that generations to come will understand where we came from (pictures don't necessarily do it.)



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HELLO? Anyone home? Do you bother reading your own posts before sending them? You are failing Logic 101. What else do you expect to find in a museum? It was a freaking computer museaum dedicated to the Newton! Go search the web, there are lots of sites dedicated to obsolete computers; there are other computer museums filled with outdated computers, including the Newton. Do you go and heckle them, too? Do you stalk Amiga fanciers? Do you make fun of the Atari fans? How about VAX fans or Cray enthusiasts? What is your problem? Get over it.



I'll repeat this slowly so you'll understand: in ... a ... museum ... you ... typically ... find ... old ... and ... outdated ... things ... of ... historical ... or ... academic ... or ... other ... interest, ... in ... other ... words, ... things ... that ... are ... "footnotes" ... now.



Got it?]]>Dec 22nd 2005 1:29PM