Hello Russell and Rohan,

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The vast majority of computer use is not reading books or writing essays.

In the 80s there were dedicated wordprocessing PCs.  Such things could
appear
on the market again.

I still have DECmates, a micro PDP8 that was a dedicated
wordprocessor. Unfortunately they need major service before I would
apply power, dried out electrolytics being the major issue. There were
advantages, the (l)users did not need to understand a general command
line OS, they had a text based menu, and provided they understood
backing out to earlier menus, and reading the copious manual, they
were very effective. I have daisy wheel printers of the same era, and
sitting there a DEC LN03 laser printer, the OPC belt has probably aged
too much, along with the toner, and possibly some of the electronics.
I even have a genuine PDP8 that was a wordprocessor, complete with
four 8" floppy drives, and the daisy wheel printer in a desk for it.