I don't need a full sized keyboard, I just don't like the touchpad thing because you either have to type with one or two fingers or lay it down flat and loom over it. Both of which I find annoying. And touchpads don't like me for some reason, they are less responsive to me than other people. I mean they work, but I feel as if I'm always slamming my finger on the screen.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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Vortex - Mar 09, 2011 8:12:56 am PST #16219 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Gudanov - Mar 09, 2011 8:13:32 am PST #16220 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
The thing I don't like about netbooks is that they tend to have very slow processors and limited memory for not much less money than a regular notebook.
Tom Scola - Mar 09, 2011 8:15:05 am PST #16221 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It IS possible to run MS Windows on a MacBook Air...
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 8:17:00 am PST #16222 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The thing I don't like about netbooks is that they tend to have very slow processors and limited memory for not much less money than a regular notebook.
They're generally adequate for web browsing, word processing, etc. If that's all you need it for, they're fine.
My netbook sometimes had problems playing video though.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2011 8:19:10 am PST #16223 of 25501
brillig
I was looking at Mac notebooks at Best Buy the other day, and the amount of wasted space on the portion where the keyboard is annoyed me. It looks like they wanted to give you a place to put your coffee cup instead of giving you a good-sized keyboard. Closed, they're kind of nifty looking, but open not so much.
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 8:19:33 am PST #16224 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It IS possible to run MS Windows on a MacBook Air...
I think it'd be funny to install DOS on my MacBook Air, plus a bunch of programs from the '80s and '90s. Then I could confuse people on the train and in cafes.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 8:19:45 am PST #16225 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Vortex, have you tried playing around with an iPad? I HATE the typing on the iPhone, but have found the iPad to be sort of normal typing with both hands. And the cover I bought for it allows it to be propped up 4 different ways and that helps, too. But I don't mean to push you towards something you've already decided against.
I have to admit that since the iPad, I have only used my home laptop for doing my taxes and archiving/sorting my email. There are weeks that I don't open it.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:26 am PST #16226 of 25501
brillig
I was looking at netbooks, then I discovered that Windows Starter "helpfully" keeps you from modifying the Folder and Search Options. So you have to pay even more to have a version of Windows without training wheels. Heck, you pay more for the training wheels, Starter is like a Big Wheel tricycle.
le nubian - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:41 am PST #16227 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
java,
I also have an external keyboard for my ipad when I need to spend time focused writing and not near a multitasking environment. It makes reading and annotating pdfs work like clockwork.
flea - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:47 am PST #16228 of 25501
information libertarian
I have an 18-moth-old HP Mini that has been great. I don't lug it around with me much, but it works fine for what I do, which is web stuff for the most part, no gaming, yes Youtube. It was about $330.