Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:19:00 -0700 From: richard childers / kg6hac <fscked@pacbell.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing a new laptop Message-ID: <3F0A3824.3070908@pacbell.net> References: <20030703011407.GM29066@wantadilla.lemis.com> <becij7$5e2$1@main.gmane.org> <20030708003749.GD7437@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708010621.GA22675@pir.net> <20030708011113.GE7437@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708012401.GC22675@pir.net> <20030708025947.GG24420@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030708030432.GE22675@pir.net>
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I -always- use an external keyboard (and display) with my laptops. I've dumped too many beverages into keyboards not to have learned, the hard way. /-: Once you get into this habit your laptops last longer ... and you can pick any keyboard you want. Keyboards are cheap. Food for thought. -- richard Peter Radcliffe wrote: >Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> probably said: > > >>"deal with it". Why on earth should I "deal with it" when I have an >>alternative? >> >> > >Oookaay. > > > >>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. >> >> > >That isn't a reason that they IBM keyboard is not fully functional. >It's a _preference_. > >On a Dell you can't remap wherever the Fn key is, does that make the >keyboard non-functional ? Of course not. > > > >>They do for my requirements. On Dell laptops I can have an Alt key on >>the bottom left. On IBM, I can't. >> >> > >Your requirements, your preferences. Fine, you didn't buy an IBM. >None of this means they re not functional for other people. > > > >>>If you meant something else that prevents it working then please >>>explain. >>> >>> >>No, that's enough. >> >> > >Ok, you're just abusing the language. Whatever. >*plonk* > >P. > > >
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