[geeks] grudging praise for a Micosoft product

[Phil Stracchino]

Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 02:54:20AM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>> That said, the new aluminum keyboards are almost nice enough to make up
>> for it.
> 
> I have one, I tried it - and my fingers were hurting after about an hour of
> use.  I'm just too dependent / used to full-travel keys (I learned to type
> on a Selectric II).  I can "bear with it" when using my MacBook, but just
> can't stand the "almost zero throw" keys on the new keyboards.

One of the reasons I vastly prefer Thinkpads to any other laptop (which 
should not be taken to imply that I actually like laptops much) is that 
their keyboards feel a lot closer to a "real" keyboard than any other 
laptop I've used.


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