From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 20:21:45 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 9876D37B404 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 561B143FBF for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:21:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fscked@pacbell.net) Received: from adsl-66-124-232-155.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO pacbell.net) (fscked@pacbell.net@66.124.232.155 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Jul 2003 03:21:42 -0000 Message-ID: <3F0A3824.3070908@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:19:00 -0700 From: richard childers / kg6hac User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20030703011407.GM29066@wantadilla.lemis.com> <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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 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 03:21:45 -0000 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 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. > > >