On 01/18/2011 04:17 PM, Bill Horne wrote: >> While looking at laptops and stand-alone keyboards recently, I see there >> > are several trends happening. I'd be curious to know what people think >> > of these "features." >> > >> > Number pads seem to be showing up on more laptops, even those with 15" >> > screens. I guess this is in part due to the wide aspect ratio screens. >> > Have we all turned into accountants? Do you use your number pad? > It's a waste of effort for me: I'm so used to using the top row number > keys that a number pad is superfluous. > I might agree here for myself, but for many people who use numeric operations, such as accounting/bookkeeping it is important, especially when many companies are using laptops with no external keyboard or monitor.
While I prefer an external mouse, with a laptop I much prefer the touchpad over the rubber button thingy. -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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