Modern technology affects the way we live our lives and sometimes results in actions that do not make a lot of sense. For example, many people hop into their cars and drive to the park so they can take a walk. The effect of computers on our lives is no better -- and may be a little worse. The very structure of a computer affects our approach to solving problems. Sometimes, because we have a computer on our desk or in our shirt pocket, we may overlook a more effective way of solving our problems.
Brute force computing capability is often substituted for critical, insightful analysis. I am guilty of this sometimes. It is easy to substitute different values in a computer model until one is found that produces the desired result. Unfortunately this kind of number crunching often obscures important relationships between variables in a system.
Lotus 1-2-3 encourages ledger-like "rows and columns" thinking. This works fine if you're balancing a checkbook, but often there are better approaches to solving problems. Some of these approaches require thinking in a different way, with a different medium.
Alternative approaches can actually improve the usefulness of the 95LX. A more efficient way of representing a problem can produce results in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes. The key to quick results is understanding the problem, and there is no method better for analyzing a problem than reducing it to an algebraic equation and solving (analyzing) the equation.