From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Feb 19 2001 - 03:16:59 EST
I agree, the 600 is the best. The T20 keyboard looks the same, but the feel
is different.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Jeffrey Race <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
To: Thinkpad Users Group <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>; Martin H. Krieger
<krieger_at_usc.edu>
Cc: Dr. Jeffrey Race <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: Which Thinkpad for the writer/typist
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:32:47 -0800, Martin H. Krieger wrote:
> >I am considering getting a new thinkpad. I am using my department's Dell
> >3800 Inspiron, and its ergonomics for typing is dreadful. My 760xd (even
> >with its problematic keyboard) was so much better (the tilt of the
> keyboard,
> >the feel and the comfort in typing). Are the new thinkpads as good
>
> Get a 600, still available (600, 600E, 600X). I have owned every
> IBM notebook/luggable since the L40SX. This and the CL57 had the
> best keyboards, but it was downhill after that; 755 and 760 the
> worst. However with the 600 we are back to something just slightly
> inferior to the original clickety-clack IBM keyboard. I am a touch
> typist (on WordStar!) and can go like a rocket on the 600. I bought
> two!
>
> Kind regards,
>
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