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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 03:37:27 EDT, sirgwynz@juno.com wrote: > >On Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:34:22 -0700 phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) writes: > ><snip> > >> Keyboards will also be redesigned, with the company opting to >> go with more traditional laptop keyboards over the ThinkPads' >> current raised keyboard. >> >>IBM, *please* don't mess up the Thinkpad keyboard. It can be improved >>and I hope it is, but it's still the best keyboard out there and >>is one of my main reasons for buying a Thinkpad. > >I agree, the keyboard was the deciding factor for my Thinkpad. The >keyboards on all the other >brands were either too small, too fragile, or had an odd layout. Usually >they were just plain >too small because of those built in wristrests and glidepoints. I liked the ThinkPad's keyboard because it was standard, and didn't have the escape key where F12 is, or PGUP where the left shift is, like other notebooks. > >But on my 365XD, the keyboard is spacious with good solid keystroke >feedback. And I've >heard the older Thinkpad models had it even better when Lexmark(?) or >some major >keyboard manufacturer used to design the keyboards for IBM. On my older 355c, that keyboard was made by Lexmark, and it had a solid feel. I think that my 701's is made by KeyTronic. > >>If you want to make Thinkpads more like other laptops, do it by >>including Soundblaster-compatible audio and a standard modem, >>replacing the Mwave board that has to be downloaded by proprietary >>software using secret interfaces before it can be used. > >I'm not too sure what the Mwave board is about, but the 365 models are SB >Pro compatible. >It would've been nice tho to have 2 built in speakers for the stereo, >much like the Sharp laptops, >but only if could be done without sacrificing the keyboard :) > The MWAVE was supposed to be an upgradeable wavetable soundcard/modem, but it's too propreitary, or at least that's what I hear. > > Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net