[ltp] T60 Preview (No!!!! Not Windows Buttons!!! Take Them Away!!!!)

[Alex Deucher]

On 1/10/06, Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 January 2006 09:39, The Maxx wrote:
> > May this be heresy in this list but, did you see this
> > http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
> > It was announce in the MacWorld 2006.
>
> Yes it looks very nice BUT:-
>
> 1) There is no TrackPoint. I really like it, besides I do like having an
> indication that I have a feminine gendered thing on my lap. :-)
>
> 2) The power supply cord is still on the side, designed specially to pull
> the lappie off its lap if somebody / child / dog / whatever trips over th=
e
> cord. Yes I know they talk about magnetic latches but there is still a
> recess for the plug. I'd like to check that out before I shelled out
> dough.
>
> 3) The lid is not recessed & doesn't seat over the keyboard. i.e. It's no=
t
> going to survive a fall very well.
>
> 4) It's not ebony black. Those Apple jobs start looking distinctly scruff=
y
> after just a few months of serious use.
>
> 5) I couldn't see a ThinkLight. I was plunged into total darkness just
> before giving a talk one evening, the ThinkLight saved my sanity.
>
> 6) Apple keyboards are irredeemably hopeless when compared to the existin=
g
> ThinkPad ones.
>

plus most importantly: only ONE mouse button, not THREE like a good
notebook should have.

> OTOH: It has the redeeming feature of a fair price for what you get.
>
> --
> CS