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Re: snippets from Infoworld (or more rumor mongering)
Mitchell Yee wrote:
>> Infoworld (May 18, 1998, page 8) reports that IBM was
>> considering resurecting a variation of the "butterfly"
>> fold-out keyboard (701ers!!).
Paul K. wrote:
>I don't know if they will release the same idea,
>considering the problems both myself and others have had.
With due respect, I doubt your complaints with this keyboard have kept any
IBM execs awake at night - assuming you've even let them know about this!
>Use a backpack with lots of padding. If you think you're worse off, try
carrying 2 computers!
I assume that the target market for a new subnote with a folding keyboard
would *not* include people who regularly tote 2 computers around in a
backpack.
David A. Ross
ross@math.hawaii.edu
www.math.hawaii.edu/~ross