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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:42:35 -0500 (EST), John Kim wrote: >On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Robert Dewar wrote: > >> One has to be careful not to overreact to the voice of one user who >> has had problems and generalize. I have never seen any trade press >> comments about 701 keyboard problems, and my many friends who have >> one have not had troubles. > >Well let me add that I'm dissatisfied with the keyboard as well, >and state why. > >- It is flimsy. Pushing on the trackpoint has a tendency to >slightly shift that half of the keyboard, making fine mouse >movements difficult at times. > That I never noticed. >- 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). This I ALWAYS notice! > >- It sticks out. It gets in the way of XJack style PCMCIA modem >cards. This happened with my Home & Away, especially before I got my bottom PCMCIA slot fixed, > >- It sticks out. It's fine if you use it on a desk. If you use >it on a cluttered desk, on your lap, on a couch, or in bed, >tipping the computer slightly makes it rest on the keyboard, >which I've already told you is flimsy. > Problem there, too. I used to use it sideways when I was tired and laying down (the 355C, that is). >So the small form factor is great for transportation, but the >odd form when opened makes it somewhat more of a hassle to use. > I agree. >Now, in it's favor, I should mention I've dropped the damn >thing, Ahh, now I know I'm not the only one. popping several keys out and breaking one of the joints >on the keyboard (the right side could be lifted up), and it >still worked. So maybe it is very rugged and just feels flimsy. >But it still feels like I could break it if I accidently put it >down and accidently catch the keyboard on some nearby books. >That means I end up worrying about little things like that a >lot, which is enough to make me want a different (solid) form >factor for my next laptop. > Same here. The backlight broke, but this was AFTER Easyserve broke the case (such as the keyboard shelf, and front bezel). The machine was a horrible MESS! -- Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org (If you get an error, then the server is not online) Current system statistics: The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 22 Processes with 85 Threads. This machine's uptime is 1d 19h 33m 28s 687ms.