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Thread ID: 87778	2008-03-03 22:26:00	EEEPC v2.0?	Thebananamonkey (7741)	PC World Chat

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646083	2008-03-05 17:09:00	Thats what they did with the 2.0 version. The case is exactly the same size because all they did was remove those speakers and make the screen bigger. Version 2 will be interesting.	vitalstatistix (9182)
646084	2008-03-05 21:10:00	Now if they actually hired some designers and made it look good, I might consider it. Now I was a designer for umpteen years before and after retiring. I have handled one of the EEPCs and there is nothing I would change. It is after all a basic design - looks and feels right. I hate the modern fashion for making things look as though appearance was the only thing that matters. There is actually one thing I don't like but it applies to all laptops - and that is the ruddy key pad between me and the keys. My first laptop had no pad - the keys were in the right place and because no way had been found up till then of making laptops thin they were higher up. MUCH BETTER. Of course a mouse had to be used. And who doesn't use a mouse with their laptops? While on the subject of design - perhaps I could mention another point. Nearly 60 years ago when I was using a typewriter nearly all day (tut tut I was a male using a typewriter), I never got RSI - neither did any of my work colleagues. Some finger pain (minor) was generally experienced by those who had 40 - 50 years work behind them. Why? Firstly we had to take breaks regularly from typing to correct mistakes, file some work away, put letters in envelopes etc. Later on in life when teaching computer skills I made my students have a break every hour. You must do this. The keyboards were better designed and banked. This made us keep our wrists off any support - do not use wrist guards - throw them away and keep your wrists up. Good typing to all. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
646085	2008-03-05 21:42:00	Typing speed on a typewriter comes nowhere near comp speed, and the amount of pressure needed to push the keys down means that you have to engage a fair amount of your hand to do it, on a comp you can do it however you want because of low pressure required to actually type, and here's our problem. Breaks are important, I agree, but it's a stretch to compare the two, however similar they may seem. Spot on about wrists though	Thebananamonkey (7741)
646086	2008-03-05 21:48:00	Now if they actually hired some designers and made it look good, I might consider it. Looks good enough to me... Basic laptop design without a whole lot of unnecessary rubbish	Agent_24 (57)
646087	2008-03-05 21:59:00	Looks good enough to me... Basic laptop design without a whole lot of unnecessary rubbish :thumbs: Dead on. That's the whole point of them really. Simple, cheap, what you need, and a little of what you want. :banana Peanut Butter Jelly Time!	Thebananamonkey (7741)
646088	2008-03-05 23:43:00	:thumbs: Dead on. That's the whole point of them really. Simple, cheap, what you need, and a little of what you want. :banana Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Just a pity about the screen resolution, which is still low. You can pay a few hundred more, and get a full sized laptop, with a full sized screen. If you were trying to view the pressf1.co.nz, all you would see is adverts until you scroll down.	robbyp (2751)
646089	2008-03-05 23:48:00	Just a pity about the screen resolution, which is still low. You can pay a few hundred more, and get a full sized laptop, with a full sized screen. So what? You can always pay a few hundred more and get something a little better. The point of the EEE PC is that you don't get much - but you get a lot of what you need the most and in a small package too. Small footprint notebooks are usually mid to high end products. The EEE PC is small and cheap as well.	Deane F (8204)
646090	2008-03-05 23:59:00	Just a pity about the screen resolution, which is still low. You can pay a few hundred more, and get a full sized laptop, with a full sized screen. If you were trying to view the pressf1.co.nz, all you would see is adverts until you scroll down. You get full sized laptop weight and size as well. Defeats the point really.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
646091	2008-03-06 00:12:00	Just a pity about the screen resolution, which is still low. You can pay a few hundred more, and get a full sized laptop, with a full sized screen. If you were trying to view the pressf1.co.nz, all you would see is adverts until you scroll down. Use adblock then :illogical	Agent_24 (57)
646092	2008-03-06 01:27:00	Typing speed on a typewriter comes nowhere near comp speed, and the amount of pressure needed to push the keys down means that you have to engage a fair amount of your hand to do it, on a comp you can do it however you want because of low pressure required to actually type, and here's our problem. Breaks are important, I agree, but it's a stretch to compare the two, however similar they may seem. Spot on about wrists though Quite true, but I admit to still regarding them as comparable. The breaks are essential. Do I stick to this rule of breaking off every hour? Nope. We also are forgetting about electric typewriters here too. Some of them actually were a little slower than I could type but most of them were fast enough. They only needed a very slight effort which frankly I didn't like in the ones I tried mostly. My last one I sold for $1 some years ago. It was a very expensive one when it first came out. My present keyboards all have more movement than some of the electric typewriters I remember. The first one was back in 1949 and that was really a "touch" device. I found it weird after being brought up on a good old Imperial manual. It was in 1974 when writing standards for the BAC and European partners on the European fighter that I was criticized by my boss for using a typewriter. "Engineers DO NOT use typewriters" he reckoned. I wonder how he feels about that now. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
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