20 Feb
2000
20 Feb
'00
5:05 a.m.
At 05:41 PM 2/20/00 +0000, you wrote:
Here's a new discussion for ya': a top ten list
of the best laptop
kayboards! I already know who's going to be number 1, but, just the same,
here are my picks for the list:
Postion Laptop
1. TRS-80 Model 100
Absolutely! I second the above. Never used a 200, but my 100 still does
duty as
a cheap, lowpower packet console from time-to-time. It has ALWAYS been my
favorite
portable kb unit. I tried a couple of cast-off PC clones (an old compac
386-something)
and a Toshiba T-1000, but in spite of the computational short-comings of
the M100,
it still ranks #1 for me for comfort of use.
2. TRS-80 Model 200
(In the Top 5) Macintosh Portable
(In the Top 10) Toshiba T-1000
I've also done some time on the T-1000 (the floppy-only 8088 unit with
640k) and
it's certainly better than average. By comparison, my last two laptops
were NEC
Versa 6050mx boxes. Wore one out and bought a "factory reconditioned" unit
a couple
of years ago. Wouldn't you know it: the second unit had the same
faults. Keyboard
that gets "sticky" after a few months. Case cracks in about three stress
points.
Soldered components coming "unsoldered" (they used some kind of really soft
solder in the 6050 and connectors and components just "rock loose" after being
stressed by case flexing.)
Basically most new (last 4 years) laptops have marginal keyboards and
seemed to be
designed to die shortly after their (usually short) warranty runs out.
-Gary
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