Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions (heat)

2003-04-01 Thread ba
Steve, Thanks ... just had some concerns after seeing some really "hot" 12" units ... and wondered if the 17" would follow suit. -Bob Angell- On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 06:01, Steve Fuller wrote: > Someone had asked about heat under the left hand on my BigAl book (now > affectionately named "Lapzill

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions (heat)

2003-04-01 Thread Steve Fuller
Someone had asked about heat under the left hand on my BigAl book (now affectionately named "Lapzilla"). The left hand side of the palmrest contains the hard drive, and the right hand side has the Superdrive in it, so the heat on either side is not an issue at all. The warmest spot on the noteb

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-31 Thread Bob
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 08:41 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: > Mr Grenier had requested that I type up some impressions when I had > some more time. I've been using BigAl for most of the day now, and I > have some time now after a days worth of playing. Now that you have had BigAl for a few days,

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-29 Thread Steve Fuller
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 06:45 AM, Anne Judge wrote: >> So far I haven't found many things that I can complain about. The >> mouse >> button doesn't sit quite level from one side to the other. It's not >> that it's loose, but one side sits even with the main part of the >> case, >> where

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-29 Thread Anne Judge
>So far I haven't found many things that I can complain about. The mouse >button doesn't sit quite level from one side to the other. It's not >that it's loose, but one side sits even with the main part of the case, >where the other side sits up a bit higher. MacAddict just had a review of the 12"

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-28 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 10:52 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > I'll trade you my nice level even trackpad button for a screen without > the huge disgusting distracting horrible stuck pixel in the middle of > the screen that ruins the whole screen no matter what I'm doing. > I'm sure you've heard

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-28 Thread Steve Fuller
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 09:52 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > I am very very pleased with the Waterfield RacerX case. Check it out > at > http://www.sfbags.com/ I will give them a look here this evening > > I'll trade you my nice level even trackpad button for a screen without > the huge di

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-28 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Friday, Mar 28, 2003, at 19:41 US/Pacific, Steve Fuller wrote: > your hand. I will not be carrying this around without a bag, or at > least a sleeve of some sort. I am going to a friend's house tomorrow to > try out a new bag he bought for his laptop. If that doesn't work out, I > have seen so

Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-28 Thread Steve Fuller
Mr Grenier had requested that I type up some impressions when I had some more time. I've been using BigAl for most of the day now, and I have some time now after a days worth of playing. The biggest things that I've noticed have been the quality of the keyboard, and the lack of noise from the m