From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2000 - 18:45:59 EDT
Test subjects:
770-1AU, nice travel, good feel, solid..!!
A21p, slightly less travel, good feel, less solid due IMO to mounting
method..
570, more like the 770 but with the travel of the A21p..
WorkPad z50, nice travel, good feel, solid feel..
all is, of course, subjective.. :-)
Greg Langham wrote:
>
>
> The A20/T20 keyboard just doesn't strike me as having as much travel
> or as good a feel to me (subjective stuff of course.)
>
> I support some 600's and 770's as well as my A20 and I personally seem
> to notice that the 600 and 770 keyboards feel better.
>
> That being said, the A20 keyboard is OK, it just isn't great IMHO.
> However, the trackpoint is still the best pointing device and reason
> enough for me to stay with an IBM.
>
> Note: I know the Dell 3700/3800/Latitude series have a Trackpoint, but
> it's not as finely tuned as the IBM and the button placement is poor
> compared to the IBM.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Bay [mailto:canyonlands_at_theriver.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:18 PM
> To: Greg Langham
> Cc: 'jon w'; thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: dell inspiron vs thinkpad
>
> Wow, I just read two review which said the best thing about the
> T20/A20's was the keyboard... One was in computer resellers news...
> I'll find the other...
>
> I thought the T20 keyboard was excellent. But I haven't tried the 770.
-- ---Happy trails...
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