@IngaLovinde @thomasfuchs Yes. I wanted to quote exactly that.
It's a bloody ebook reader. My ancient Kobo that I never activated nor connected to the net works. It helps that I avoid DRM media like the plague it is. Or read dead tree books. They are nicer anyway.
Still: ebooks are really light weight and do not take up a lot of space, nor do they come with computing heavy features. So the reasoning is just... BS

@cstross @ebooksyearn interesting! My old n450 (I think it was ..) laptop (ok. Netbook) managed more than 8 hours easily, I used it every day on the commute, writing papers or code. Wouldn't work for my eyesight these days, though.
And I have been arguing that we have reached good enough for a while. My kids' second hand ThinkPad is not really worse than my newer one. Except for battery life due to wear.

@ahltorp @gerrymcgovern Yes. That. And apparently this is lost on many....