We have spent so many years inventing something or the other. Our scientists have made huge success in the area of science. We discovered few things very quickly while many took much longer period to evolve.
In no time (considering time from our origin) we made it from abacus to laptops in computing field. The progress on writing tools is not that great (may be because it is difficult to improve the best).
A side to side comparison of latest computing device (laptop) with latest writing tool (nothing came to my mind except a pen and paper) is given below. You yourself decide the winner.
Comparison factor | Laptop | Pen | Winner |
Price | Few hundred dollars | Few dollars | Pen |
Size | Big | Not so big :) | Pen |
Weight | More than a pound | Negligible | Pen |
Standby time | Few hours | Few years | Pen |
Startup time | Many seconds | Few seconds | Pen |
Word application | Commercial/FOSS | Built-in – Free | Pen |
Drawing application | Commercial/FOSS | Built-in – Free | Pen |
Spreadsheet application | Commercial/FOSS | Not supported | Laptop |
Maintenance | Few hundred dollars | Not required | Pen |
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