A comparison of typewriters vs
A comparison of typewriters vsTYPEWRITERS: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?
For well over a decade, experts in office automation have predicted the demise of the typewriter. In their view the computer is destined to tale over the word processing role enjoyed by the typewriter for over a century. Yet, a recent report (Fernberg, 1989, 49-50) indicates that electronic typewriter shipments over the last three years averaged about a billion dollars a year. Further, the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association projects that the annual growth rate will remain constant at 1.5 percent over the next five years. With sales holding steady at over a million units a year, the electronic typewriter does not appear endangered. It is likely here to stay-and for good reasons.
Typewriter Familiarity
Virtually anyone who has learned to key can sit down at the electronic typewriter and within a few minutes operate it with amazing ease and speed. According to Paez (1985, 55):
A familiar keyboard, which requires fewer keystrokes and
has a simpler, less code-intensive user interface, makes the
Transition to a high-end typewriter much easier than the
Transition to a personal computer with the same functions.
Typewriter Flexibility
An electronic typewriter can perform some functions computers cannot, but a personal computer (PC) cannot be used a mere typewriter (nor should it be)....
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