[cpt_sobel]

I get the premise, I really do, and I'm personally leaning towards single purpose devices, at least for music - but honestly, what value does the typewriter actually provide?

[Cthulhu_]

Focus on writing (typing) and only that; in a hypothetical "me as a writer" scenario, doing it on a computer makes it easy to alt-tab to look something up, and before you know it there's more time spent on that (and not necessarily focused on the original question) than the writing.

[cpt_sobel]

It's just the sheer weight and clankiness of the typewriter that I can't justify, why not just a really old laptop with not internet access?

[dmbche]

Arguably, separating different tasks in real life is a positive. If one spends a lot of time writing and wants to separate their leisure time to their writing time, having a dedicated (and limited) machine can be a positive. Like having a separate room to work in.