Also what I was thinking. Pretty much most netbooks are out, not only
from the keyboard aspect, but because I know my wife would complain
about having to use flash keys to install/move programs/data. Oh, I
think she'd be able to handle it, she just probably wouldn't want to ;-).
As for price, I was looking for something as cheap as possible, the
resources are there right now....
Steve
On 5/19/2010 4:48 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 05:11 PM 18/05/2010, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
My wife's birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I'd like to
get her a laptop/notebook she can use. Netbooks are out for a simple
reason--the keyboard is too small. Recently my wife bought a new
keyboard (through Amazon Marketplace) but she didn't like it as the
keyboard was too narrow. I've looked into this a little and the
keyboard she didn't like had a measurment of 10.5" from the outside
of the tab key to the end of the return key. The one she like was
11.25".
Soooo, I took a tape measure and went to Best Buy & Staples and
started measuring. Netbooks usually run from 9.5 to 9.75".
Keyboards these days have shrunk. They range from 10.5 to 11.0
inches. Surprisingly enough, some of the cheapest and smallest
keyboards/laptops have the biggest keyboards.
Anyways, I'm looking for recommendations. I take all customer
reviews with a grain of salt (one guy on Newegg gave an Asus laptop
one star because they didn't include a reinstall disk). Of course,
price is a major consideration. And of course, a wide keyboard, LOL.
Acer. Though I don't like Netbooks, and would go with an
Ultraportable myself.
T
