Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:58:47 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Geoffrey T. Cheshire" <gtc@cheshirelaw.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My perfect laptop! Message-ID: <20010509095847.M68969@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <EOEPLGBFAPJLCPCKPKAOEEHNCCAA.gtc@cheshirelaw.com>; from gtc@cheshirelaw.com on Tue, May 08, 2001 at 05:11:59PM -0700 References: <20010509092640.I68969@wantadilla.lemis.com> <EOEPLGBFAPJLCPCKPKAOEEHNCCAA.gtc@cheshirelaw.com>
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On Tuesday, 8 May 2001 at 17:11:59 -0700, Geoffrey T. Cheshire wrote: > The Fn key is a bit of a bummer--especially with the flipping WinKey next to > it (which I don't even use in Windows!), but in my experience all laptops > have some funky key placement that takes a bit of time to get used to > (especially with all the emacs key sequences :) Agreed. But if you have an alternative, this speaks against the ThinkPad. The Dell Inspiron series also have most of the other features, and they have a Ctrl key in the bottom left corner, so I can remap it to Alt. > I have to defend the eraser pointer. After using IBM and Toshiba > laptops for years now, I cannot stand touchpads. They are extremely > imprecise in comparison, and make dragging the pointer to highlight > text very difficult. Also, I find that having the pointer in the > middle of the keyboard is great--no need to move your hands away > from the typing position to mouse. Hmm. Certainly I'd give it a try. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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