5 Sep
2011
5 Sep
'11
9:08 a.m.
Excerpts from Joel Roth's message of 2011-09-04 08:59:31 +0200:
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken Restivo
wrote:
I use a really cheap Acer Extensa 5220, keyboard is ok for me, it has a
rather conventional layout compared to some laptops I've seen where
ESC/Shift/Enter/... where all over the place. The touchpad works ok for
me, although I started to use a mouse again when at home. Touchpad is ok
for the occasional pointing, but if you do point-heavy stuff it can go
so far that your fingertips heat up and you almost start to rub them
off. The touchpad can be disabled using Fn+F7 but this happens pretty
much in hardware as far as I know and can lead to xruns (same goes for
backlight).
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they
do run
well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks.