That was sad. :/ How can these people consider themselves "reporters" if they have absolutely no idea about what they are talking about. How in the world can that man compare a typewriter and a freaking computer or even a television for that matter. What's even worse is that millions of people watched it and now think thats how it really is. Screw em and their ignorance.
It was an editorial, not a report. And it did have a basis. As I've been saying for years, a computer is an appliance. Just because it can do multiple things doesn't make it so special. Swiss Army knives have been doing that much longer, and caveman Thor's club could be used to knock something over the head for supper or be used as a walking stick.
But no appliance that I can think of has been accepted with it's faults the way computers have. Look at NFS4's car topic, yes, I support options, most of us do. But when you get in a car there's always a steering wheel. There's always a brake. Things are layed out in a familiar manner. Same with an oven or a washing machine, or up until recently, a TV. With computers there is little familiar and Rooney's comments 'power button here, to here' segued into using a mouse (or kb) to hit a START button to shutdown. That certainly isn't a natural progression and was one thing Bill Gates deserved a smack for. The physical design of computers, no, and I agree he did reduce the usefullness of his commentary by blaming Bill Gates for everything.
But in pointing out that a computer is a tool, or appliance as I've been calling them, he's certainly on the mark. Seven computers in six years is a little hard to understand, though that may have to do with the IT department at 60 Minutes. Or whoever he submits his copy to telling him "no, now we're using Word 11.24 documents" only to find out there isn't a Window 3.x version of Word 11.24 or that the computer he had runs it so slow that it's intolerable.
Technology for technology's sake isn't progess, it's sales. And a consumer making a commentary on the lack of value he's getting for his buck isn't sad or pathetic.
