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On Mon, 06 Apr 98 22:45:18 -0800, Paul Khoury wrote: >On Mon, 06 Apr 1998 11:24:30 GMT, epbrown wrote: > >>On Sun, 5 Apr 1998 22:31:12 -1000, you wrote: >>>Not necessarily (though as epbrown knows, I've been accused on Usenet of >>>being an agent of IBM:); my only objection to the HP is the keyboard (I've >>>never had my hands on the Toshiba). I shared a flat during a conference 2 >>>years ago with an HP600 owner, and got to play with his machine for a bit; I >>>was pleasantly surprised at the *feel* of his keyboard, but not the size - I >>>like full-sized. BTW, I found the pop-up mouse quite usable, though of >>>course I *am* right-handed. >> >> I had no problem with the HP 800 keyboard I tried out, but at the >>time I was still regularly using the keyboard on my Thinkpad 510, and >>it seemed larger than that. I've got fairly large hands (they match my >>big ol' feet, size 15!), > >So I'm not the only one with size 15, eh? My hands are also really big, and my favorite >keyboard is probably the IBM click, my ThinkPad (even though I hate the folding >part), and my SPARCbook. (The size 15 is not surprising, considering my height). > > but didn't have too much trouble adjusting. >>But that mouse! The problem is the first computer I ever ran Windows >>on was a Thinkpad and I can't get used to removing my hands from the >>keyboard to move my cursor. > >That was one of the reasons I loved my 355C from day one. And that was >my first Windows experiance. > > At work I'm known for my terrible mousing >>skills because it seems so ridiculous. You stop what you're doing and >>move your hand waaaay over there just to move your cursor? Yeck! So >>people who're used to that love the HP 800, while I see it as the only >>notebook to drag along one of the worst features of desktop computing. >> epbrown >> PS As an aside to DR, I just exchanged email with the guy who >>accused us of being undercover IBM reps on CSL- he needed help setting >>up low-cost video-conferencing on his IBM 385, and I had some tips >>since I just bought a $24 QuickCam to use with NetMeeting (free) and >>my 56k modem (already had). > >I'm surprised someone would accuse you of that. You'd think he'd ask >you about OS/2 and RS/6000's to be sure. <g> > >> PPS You were partially right about Sony, you may have heard. You >>said months ago they jump in and out of the PC business, and they're >>taking a foot out - they've decided to focus on laptops and drop the >>desktop division, where everyone plays too rough and they weren't as >>well received. > >My friend has a Sony VAIO notebook, and it's VERY thin, very similiar to the 560 >(though I've never seen one in person). It has a very nice 12.1" TFT, and a >Pentium 150MMX. Only problem is that I couldn't notice any better performance from >my P75... > >-- >Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org >Sent from my P75 Server running OS/2 Warp 4.0, Fixpack 6 >There are 27 Processes with 93 Threads. >This machine's uptime is 3d 9h 40m 28s 554ms. > -- Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS running OS/2 Warp 4.0, Fixpack 5 There are 24 Processes with 89 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 1h 21m 26s 78ms.