Well...why not take a day or two and learn to touch type on the laptop? You are already 90% there. Once you are trained on one keyboard the others come easily.
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Fred Holmes <f...@his.com> wrote: > I can touch-type on a real keyboard. I can't touch-type on a notebook > keyboard. And for when I must hunt-and-peck, I know exactly where the key > is on a real keyboard; I have to eyeball search for it on a notebook > keyboard. Using the real keyboard in front of the notebook takes up real > estate that I would rather use for other purposes. Or just not have to > clear as much space on a messy tabletop. > > Some of the "variable position" keys on my notebook are differently located > than on my standard keyboard. > > Have keyboard manufacturers yet standardized on the location of the > backslash key? > > Fred Holmes > > At 10:44 PM 8/14/2009, b_s-wilk wrote: > >What's missing from the keyboard other than a numbers pad--and comfort? Is > the keyboard just annoying as it is? Do you also want to use an external > mouse? > > > >You can get a separate numbers keypad that plugs into USB. Or you can > raise the notebook closer to eye level and put a keyboard underneath it on > your desk. I'm assuming this is for your desk, not to be used on your lap. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
