Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:27:38 +0900 From: Joel <rees@ddcom.co.jp> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [OT] is there a ThinkPad clone? Message-ID: <20050408110124.F72C.REES@ddcom.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20050407160107.GA66262@thought.org> References: <20050407160107.GA66262@thought.org>
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:01:07 -0700 Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote > People, > > Apologies up front if anybody thinks this is *too* far OT, I'm having a _really_ hard time focusing on work for the shock this caused me. I can't imagine anyone actually _choosing_ to use those mutant cursor-bumping descendants of game pads. But some people like cramped keyboards for similar reasons, too. > but if the 8 months I've been using FreeBSD on my TP 600E > (400MHz, 288M, 12G). it has become my favorite computer. > __Not__ having that std mouse-pad thing where you scratch > or drag or tap your fingers lets me rest the heel of my left > hand dead-center and type away. The tiny mouse-stick and the > three cut/paste bars work well too. After reading the pdf Andrew gave a link to, I realized that when my wrists started hurting some time back, I seem to have subconsciously altered my typing habits. My hands float now, and, although I still lean too much on my elbows, I at least am keeping my wrists straight now. Maybe reading Ben Wing's pages way back when helped me get motivated to change my habits. > When I upgrade, I'd like another laptop with the same > layout. The few other laptops I've looked at all have > that mouse-pad. Anybody know if there is anything like > a "ThinkPad clone"?? Now I think I understand why Apple has not built an ultra-light. But it takes all kinds. I don't have any idea whether ultra-lights in the states have that cursor-bumper control stick, but, near as I can tell, it's in practically every ultralight sold in Japan. (One of many reasons I have not bought one of Sony's 5x7 units to try installing fBSD on.) The cut/paste bars also sound familiar, I'm thinking I never could figure them out on Fujitsu units. So, if you have a reason to be in Japan, plan a stop in and around Akihabara (or Nipponbashi and Umeda) and you should find plenty such gadgets. Now maybe I can get back to work. -- Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> digitcom, inc. $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp>; **
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