Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The PowerBooks are said to have better keyboard. One of the reasons to upgrade from iBook. I like mine on the 12-inch PB very much. Your problem sounds like stray thumb strikes on the keypad. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Apr 12, 2006, at 6:20 PM, Rob McClure wrote: > Brian, > > You must be on an Apple desktop because the keyboard of my iBook G > is the worst I have ever used. When I try to type fast (or slow > for that matter), the curser bounces all over the place landing in > odd places elsewhere in the text. I love the rest of the machine > too much to part with it. > > Regards, > > Rob McClure > On Apr 11, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > >> I can type 120 to 140 words per minute in a proper chair with a >> good keyboard. >> When I worked at Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1990s I had >> their keyboard people hand-make me a custom keyboard to my >> specifications. I like to believe I know something about keyboards. >> >> IBM keyboards are very good, but the very best keyboards ever made >> were made by Facit, in Sweden, for their electric typewriters. In >> the early days of interactive computing, Facit would sell you a >> typewriter that had been reconfigured to work like a teletype. >> There were binary codes drilled in the keys, and as each swung >> towards the paper, a photocell noted the sequence of holes and >> transmitted the appropriate character. I used to be able to do 150 >> words per minute on a Facit. >> >> These days I use the standard Apple keyboard, which isn't bad. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information