Michael Doan » Newton http://michaeldoan.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:43:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Newton “Batmobile” Prototype http://michaeldoan.com/2010/01/newton-%e2%80%9cbatmobile%e2%80%9d-prototype/ http://michaeldoan.com/2010/01/newton-%e2%80%9cbatmobile%e2%80%9d-prototype/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:10:20 +0000 Michael Doan http://michaeldoan.com/2010/01/newton-%e2%80%9cbatmobile%e2%80%9d-prototype/

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In 2001, my wife and I were in the process of buying the house we currently live in now and we had a house inspector inspecting the house in order to complete the purchase. There’s not much that I remember from our house buying experience, but the thing I do remember is this: the house inspector was using an Apple Newton.

I tried to glance over his shoulder to see what he was marking down with his stylus. I never got a good look, but I remember thinking, “how cool”. The Newton is still beautiful to me and I’ve wanted to buy one from eBay for a long time now. One of these days…

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