The Slate article uses some pretty weak arguments, if you ask me (and I know you didn't). It mentions that 30% of the people who got one from that British research group couldn't figure it out -- WHICH MEANS 70% COULD.
And which is harder? Setting up your TiVo to record 60 hours of your favorite TV, or doing what my aunt does: she has four VCRs set up all over her house which at any given time will be recording her soaps, those fake justice shows, etc. If ever a person needed TiVo, it's her!
Lastly, the difference between the Newton and TiVo is simple: TiVo works, the Newton didn't. (Having never owned an Amiga, I can't comment on that.) Remember the Simpson's episode where "Beat up Martin" becomes "Eat up Martha" when scrawled on a Newton? TiVo doesn't have any similar flaws that have made it a laughing stock in popular culture like that.
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The Slate article uses some pretty weak arguments, if you ask me (and I know you didn't). It mentions that 30% of the people who got one from that British research group couldn't figure it out -- WHICH MEANS 70% COULD.
And which is harder? Setting up your TiVo to record 60 hours of your favorite TV, or doing what my aunt does: she has four VCRs set up all over her house which at any given time will be recording her soaps, those fake justice shows, etc. If ever a person needed TiVo, it's her!
Lastly, the difference between the Newton and TiVo is simple: TiVo works, the Newton didn't. (Having never owned an Amiga, I can't comment on that.) Remember the Simpson's episode where "Beat up Martin" becomes "Eat up Martha" when scrawled on a Newton? TiVo doesn't have any similar flaws that have made it a laughing stock in popular culture like that.
Long live TiVo.