I end up staring at my hands while I work (which is pretty weird) and just letting the errors go. It makes it impossible to track errors (more on that coming up), or correctly backspace the right number of times. It’s very hard to adjust to that after a long experience of instantaneous appearance on a laptop screen. Keystroke to appearance on screen takes maybe half a second, which sounds stupid when I type it out, but it’s maddening. The lag isn’t that bad, but it’s noticeable and continuous. The paperwhite screen is a good idea, but I can’t watch it while I type because of the lag. It’s pretty sweet.įirst day on this thing, and I'm pretty impressed. This thing delivers me back to my own technological roots, but hangs a rope swing made of wifi in the tree for me. I learned to type on an IBM electric word processor. It’s frankly nostalgic, both in design and functionality.
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It looks like a portable Smith-Corona from the 70s, and has that curvaceous aesthetic that nothing does these days. But I have brought it to sprints and drinking dates with other writers, to let them get a feel for it and to give permission to gawk. I position cups and my bag to seclude myself, to avoid the curious. If I’m writing in a cafe and want to be left alone, I entrench a little. People always want to know what it is, where I got it, what it does. I am tired of carrying an octopus in my bag.) (Probably voids my warranty to use anything but the prescribed hardware, but idc. It’s a USB-C charger, and thus can share with my phone, which is a small bonus. The battery life is excellent, lasting for four days on a single charge, even with vigorous use.
That’s great for battery life, and keeps me from looking at my phone for too long.
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The screen shuts itself off after a short interval, switching to a rotating series of screensavers. The paperwhite screen is easy on the eyes, and a good choice for people who are suffering from blue-light burnout in every other area of their lives. It’s as heartening as watching a stack of money grow as I count out bills. I love that I can have a display that shows me a running tally of word count, character count, and how long it will take to read what I’ve written.
I considered buying the o rings that Astrohaus offers to soften the sound, but I haven’t had any complaints, so I passed on them. It’s a little loud, but I’m not a keyboard-beater. However, the feel of the keys sinking is very satisfying, not unlike Das Keyboard, which a number of fanatics have induced me to fondle over the years. It was an adjustment, since I’ve been using an island keyboard on a very thin, flat laptop for nearly a decade now. I’ve been using my Freewrite since late December, 2017. (Disclaimer: I bought it with my own damned money and I have not been compensated in any way for this review.)Īn hour of writing in a cafe. I talked it over with my partner, who agreed it was a fine holiday present. In 2017, $500 did not seem like too much money to waste on what might end up only being a curiosity, or a way to signal my hipster doubchebaggery in some Bay Area cafe. Granted, the laptop offers greater functionality, but its main purpose (as far as the IRS is concerned) is as the tool with which I do most of my paying work. My last laptop (with which I am very displeased) cost me $1200. The Freewrite retails for about $500, give or take $50 based on seasonal sales and events. It’s not a significant investment, as these things go. There, I got to handle the machine for the first time, and figure out if I would like it. I imagine they wanted to untangle their brand from Hemingway for any number of reasons, but the device resurfaced for me in a booth at AWP 2016 in L.A. I liked the original name and design, but a few things have changed since then. I’ve been wanting to get a Freewrite since it debuted on Kickstarter in 2014 as the Hemingwrite. If you were a fan of the Alphasmart or its descendants, you may be delighted here. If that sounds promising, I encourage you to read more about it. It exists to allow writers like me a device for generating drafts that cannot distract us with notifications, nor seduce us with the promise of infinite internets. First of all, for those who have never heard of it, that thing in the image up top is a Freewrite.
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