Re: Notebooks

["Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com>]

On Tue, 10 Feb 98 09:44:50 EST, Robert Dewar wrote:

><< I love my Sony video but their laptop keyboard (that I tried)
>sucked....I'll take quality feel and the TrackPoint anytime as it now
>stands.  I'd prefer lighter, comfortable, fast and bright....not to mention
>capable but its all about trade off$.  I also still like the size and feel
>of my 701...wish the upgrade results had been dramatic.
>>>
>
>You could certainly not expect the upgrade results to be more than you
>saw. Fast machines are more than a slightly faster clock speed in the
>processor!
>
>Here is an idea, wouldn't it be nice if IBM would use its folding keyboard
>technology from the 701 on a full size notebook, then they could make
>a full sized keyboard with separate numeric pad and cursor cluster ...
>
No WAY, Jos‚!  The main source of problems on my 701 have been the keyboard
(and thus contributing to the hinges cracking/breaking), so that might
now be a good idea after all.  I'm sure IBM has a GOOD reason why
they don't use it in any new ThinkPads. :)

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