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>> >> 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). > Same here. It is ackward trying to move it that way. Plus, getting to the audio jacks is tedious with the TrackWrite keyboard, too. >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... > Lucky! >So you see, some of us do have legitimate reasons not to like >it. Not that I'm getting rid of it anytime soon. :-) Same here. If I had a job and could afford it, that's a different story. -- 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 82 Threads. This machine's uptime is 1d 19h 38m 32s 906ms.