From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed May 9 9:47:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [130.64.1.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148EF37B422 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 09:47:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pir@pir.net) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 14xX7Z-0003uC-00 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 09 May 2001 12:47:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:47:28 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My perfect laptop! Message-ID: <20010509124728.A14261@pir.net> Reply-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010509092640.I68969@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010509095847.M68969@wantadilla.lemis.com> <15097.29681.816192.1492@nomad.yogotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <15097.29681.816192.1492@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:44:33AM -0600 X-fish: < X-Copy-On-Listmail: Please do NOT Cc: me on list mail. Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams probably said: > > > I have to defend the eraser pointer. After using IBM and Toshiba > > > laptops for years now, I cannot stand touchpads. They are extremely > I don't normally do this, but this time I must. Having had the > opportunity to play with about a dozen laptops in the last 6-7 years, I > am in complete agreement with Geoff. > > Once I got past the difficulty in using the nipple-pointer, I can't use > anything else. It's akin to using the 'Natural' keyboards so prevalent > now. The first couple weeks of using them is awful, but once you get > used to them (and the pain goes away), you try not to use anything else. This is most definitely yet another personal choice. I hate mouse nipples with a passion. I tried to use one for some time, never felt right, accuracy was wrong, movement was wrong ... ick. I got used to a natural keyboard in a fraction of the time. EPID. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message