Jim Seymour Build your FREE Web site in minutes. When it comes to ease of use in technology products, we've left the Model T era. In other words, with the Internet, PCs, and software, we're in about the same place developmentally that cars were in the 1920s. Any day now, we're due to get electric starters to replace the hand cranks.
Buyers are cheapskates.
But when a company such as Dell or Compaq comes up with something small, innovative, and easier to support, buyers stay away in droves. As a result, Dell killed its little Web PC six months after introduction. And the Compaq IPaq isn't setting sales records, either. Being almost legacy-free is like being almost pregnant. Either you are or you aren't.