[geeks] grudging praise for a Micosoft product

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Mon, 26 May 2008, Bill Bradford 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 doubt what we learned to type on has tremendous bearing.  I learned to
type on an Underwood Five.  I still have it, in fact!

Rather, I would suspect that my having used laptops as much or more than
desktops since 1994 might have more to do with it.

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