Even people with smaller hands and slender fingers can have trouble
with the small netbook keyboards. I bought an Asus Eee PC, hoping
for a portable word processor I could use on the subway or in a car
(as a passenger). Learning how to use a keyboard built for hobbits
was much harder than I thought it would be. I made a lot of errors
when my finger slipped off the tiny key I was intending to hit and
contacted an adjacent key instead. Obviously, when you're using a
netbook on a Metrobus, a plug-in keyboard is not an option.
I have heard of netbooks with keyboards that are slightly larger--
even a little closer to a standard keyboard would be a big help.
Recommendations, anyone?
--Constance Warner
On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:32 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It depends on what you want to use it for. As a regular PC/
Notebook it would be a hassle.
My Bishop (Who is larger than I am) uses one all the time, loves it.
Now I would find it a little cramped, but at work I plug mine in
and use a full size keyboard.
They are wickedly portable. Just saw a video presentation given
today by the local retired sheriff who took one from Alabama to
Alaska and back on a motorcycle.
Nicely portable. If you travel a lot it would be nice for that.
It all depends on what you are looking for.
They are really aimed at being ultra portable laptops for those who
are on the road a lot.
Even the cell companies are getting in on it as they are selling
connection plans with them to make them not only ultra portable,
but also connected.
Stewart
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