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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, David Ross wrote: > >- It is flimsy. When opened, the only real places you can grab > >to pick the computer up is the front (too much torque - danger > >of dropping), the keyboard (flimsy, feels like it might break > >off), and the back near the screen (very thin decorative plastic > >material that cracked the first time I did this). > > Solution: close the computer before picking up! I think > picking up the 701 by its keyboard is a major source of > trouble. I don't want to close my computer just to move it 2 feet. And no, I don't pick it up by the keyboard. I already told you, I think it's flimsy and I baby it. Maybe I just got used to grabbing my 750 by the side with one hand to move it. I can't do that with my 701 without using two hands (unless I close it first). The shifting keyboard problem was apparent on my first 701. I returned it for service noting that as a problem (among other problems). They replaced the keyboard and the new one didn't have a shifting problem. For about 2 weeks until the springs loosened enough to let it shift again. > >- It sticks out. It's fine if you use it on a desk. If you use > >it on a cluttered desk, > > ...is where it shines. You can fit the floppy *under* the > wings, so that the whole system will fit in a small space > (like a sliding desk drawer shelf or airplane tray table); > with the 560, I never know where to put the floppy drive when > I need it. I haven't touched a floppy in 4 months (and that was the Linux boot/install diskette). I do all my file transfers over a network now. Heck, I don't even know where my 701 floppy drive is - buried in some box since I moved 8 months ago... So you see, some of us do have legitimate reasons not to like it. Not that I'm getting rid of it anytime soon. :-) -- John H. Kim kim@mak.com