tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post1446080936702785538..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: The "Disposable" Price PointLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-23568711635082460322011-07-20T18:53:01.467-04:002011-07-20T18:53:01.467-04:00JohnW, all I can say is I agree 100%. Including th...JohnW, all I can say is I agree 100%. Including the part about $100 not being disposable.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-86013282093904997472011-07-20T15:52:40.124-04:002011-07-20T15:52:40.124-04:00It's even weirder to go from conversations abo...It's even weirder to go from conversations about three-digit costs for "disposable items" to news on the economy. Horrible unemployment, the massive share of corporate profits being reserved and not yielded to employees - but there is a class of people to whom a hundred bucks warrants a disposable device. I'm certainly not in that class.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-7582163951607643642011-07-19T23:54:26.999-04:002011-07-19T23:54:26.999-04:00Hi all!
Chuck, those calculator watches came in h...Hi all!<br /><br />Chuck, those calculator watches came in handy quite often. If the eReader watch is a headset, it would be lots more comfortable for reading in bed!<br /><br />David N, i think paper books will be around for a good long while. But that's one heck of an insight about an iPad being cheaper than dedicating a room to a library. That's what I've been talking about doing to The Boy's room, just to keep him from moving back in. :D<br /><br />Michael, CDs are still around and do have some advantages. I think there will be paper books for the same reason. But for beach reads? magazines? Mostly pixels.<br /><br />Cathy, the Pro models are a little more rugged. I have a beige G3 desktop that's 12+ years old and still runs. Like I said, laptops do have a rough life (especially in a house with kids).<br /><br />Emma, the child's fingers are well-suited for punching those tiny buttons too! I did love my iPhone when I had one — all my electronic gadgetry (phone, calculator, clock, music player, Internet access) in one pocket-sized device. I'd probably get excited if Mrs Fetched let me have a new one. :-D<br /><br />Hi Rick! Good to hear Harris-Teeter is still around; they pulled out of this area. I'd love to come up with that kind of deal too.<br /><br />Wendy, eBook readers are making huge inroads among the elderly — "large print edition" at the touch of a button is a huge draw — but you're right. I still use pen & paper sometimes. I'm going to blog about my old Smith-Corona portable typewriter (that I just found) soon. Me, I prefer eBooks because they don't take up any more space in a crowded shelf.<br /><br />Hi Jon! Good point about lock-in, but I heard recently that Amazon is soon to support ePUB format on Kindle… so it might not be as firm a lock as Amazon (or Sony or B&N) would like. After all, we can often buy at Smashwords and re-download in whatever format we need later on.<br /><br />Great comments folks… keep 'em coming.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-15874648795835576862011-07-19T20:19:16.472-04:002011-07-19T20:19:16.472-04:00Brontosaurus, here. I still buy CDs. :p
I think e...Brontosaurus, here. I still buy CDs. :p<br /><br />I think eReaders are very close to disposable now - my definition of disposable being is it cheaper to get it fixed or to replace it. TV sets cost much more than ebook readers and they certainly are considered disposable.<br /><br />Discretionary disposable is another matter. I'm with you there, I'll keep it until forced to replace it, not because a newer model has arrived.<br /><br />I don't think they care about the ebook readers. They care about you building up an inventory of books from their bookstores in their formats, so that when you do need to get a new one you stay with their brand.<br />~jonJ. M. Strotherhttp://madutopia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-4461690610336181472011-07-19T15:36:23.137-04:002011-07-19T15:36:23.137-04:00I don't think paperbooks will ever truly die o...I don't think paperbooks will ever truly die out. After all, people still use pen and paper, in spite of the fact that digital writing is so prolific - and it's not just us old people who can't make the change. There's just something about books that will endure.<br /><br />I don't have an e-reader, yet. I'd love to get one, but I still prefer books :).Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-23168992111507116312011-07-19T13:56:05.569-04:002011-07-19T13:56:05.569-04:00It's not disposable until my wife can clip a c...It's not disposable until my wife can clip a coupon and get it at Harris-Teeter on triple coupon days so the clerk has to give her money back as she leaves the store.Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-52981983764553077012011-07-19T08:41:30.258-04:002011-07-19T08:41:30.258-04:00I share your opinions on using stuff till it dies ...I share your opinions on using stuff till it dies and "disposable" price points. I just wanted to say that this post brought back the purest excitement that my Dad's calculator watch elicited in me as a child. Ah, those halcyon days... takes so much more than "It's a watch *and* a calculator!" to excite me now...Emma Newmanhttp://www.enewman.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-17856980615253975882011-07-19T08:03:10.829-04:002011-07-19T08:03:10.829-04:00I have a Kindle and love it but the other day I bo...I have a Kindle and love it but the other day I bought a real paper book because it wasn't available in ebook format. <br />Sigh.<br />I'm most stricken by your comment that you only expect your Macbook to last 5 years. I've only had my MacBook Pro for a couple years and it better last longer than that... a couple grand is certainly not disposable. I hope to be using it until I'm quite dead and rotting.<br />(What IS that smell?)Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-52177527880753864862011-07-19T07:07:10.823-04:002011-07-19T07:07:10.823-04:00Yea, soon it will be all e-reader. The only print ...Yea, soon it will be all e-reader. The only print books will be limited editions or cheap paperbacks for those that want to stick with the physical copy.<br /><br />Same fate as CDs...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518183823230864763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-67283953043950951922011-07-19T04:12:46.759-04:002011-07-19T04:12:46.759-04:00It's fitting to read this on the same day I sa...It's fitting to read this on the same day I saw news of Borders closing up shop. The times they are a changin'. eReaders are getting pretty darned affordable. And that means eventual doom for the printed word. For the avid reader, even a more expensive iPad is "cheaper" than giving up a room in your house to be a library.David Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624450193376872052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-90676471269164500832011-07-19T00:16:01.716-04:002011-07-19T00:16:01.716-04:00You had a watch calculator too? Those were awesome...You had a watch calculator too? Those were awesome.<br /><br />But I'm not getting the eReader watch. Mainly because I don't wear watches any more now that my phone tells me the time. <br /><br />It is amazing how the price point for readers is getting lower and lower. I agree it shouldn't be long before they are dirt cheap. (I'm with you that $100+ is not disposable yet.)Chuck Allenhttp://www.chuckallen.usnoreply@blogger.com