From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 19:59:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AEE37B401 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:59:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C656543FBD for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:59:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E6EBB51A9D; Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:29:47 +0930 (CST) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:29:47 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030708025947.GG24420@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030703011407.GM29066@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708003749.GD7437@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708010621.GA22675@pir.net> <20030708011113.GE7437@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708012401.GC22675@pir.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QWpDgw58+k1mSFBj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030708012401.GC22675@pir.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Subject: Re: Choosing a new laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:59:51 -0000 --QWpDgw58+k1mSFBj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 7 July 2003 at 21:24:01 -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey probably said: >> Correct. But some laptops have the Fn key in a different place. > > and your point is ... As I said, I don't want a keyboard with the Fn key in the bottom left, because I can't remap it. > If your preference is for a Fn key elsewhere either deal with it "deal with it". Why on earth should I "deal with it" when I have an alternative? > or don't buy an IBM. Yes, that's what I did. > Claiming it is not fully functional because you can't remap it when > no other machines will let you remap it anyway is kinda pointless. On the IBM you can't remap the bottom left key. On Dells you can. That's a distinction which makes me choose Dell over IBM. > So your complaints were that you don't like trackpoints and you > don't like a Fn key in the bottom left corner. Neither of these > preferences prevent the keyboard from working fully. They do for my requirements. On Dell laptops I can have an Alt key on the bottom left. On IBM, I can't. > I wasn't overly thrilled with either when I got the machine, but > I've become used to both. Sure, you can get used to anything. But when choosing a new machine, it makes sense to pay attention to your requirements. > If you meant something else that prevents it working then please > explain. No, that's enough. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --QWpDgw58+k1mSFBj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/CjOjIubykFB6QiMRAtteAJ0afKdevRraxyQ0Tsli+XjxNSYT6ACgoNq2 aJl+N7jT6wj4STA7X+0S1/k= =+dDJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QWpDgw58+k1mSFBj--