Sarcasm? There has been interviews with him where he discusses his "writing equipment" and like many authors he preferred a basic system that kept mostly out of his way. I mean it's just as easy to write a novel in Word for DOS* as it is in the latest software and hardware tech, so why would authors want to waste their time always running the latest tech when it's a distraction from their day job?

* I'm not advocating people write novels in DOS. Just making an exaggerated point that since the medium is text only you don't need to be upgrading frequently.