Best Buy post.

Rad Randy · 07-23-2010, 07:49 PM

I'm posting on a netbook on display right now.

Aliquid · 07-23-2010, 10:37 PM

ha

so what's it like? i finally moved a bunch of crap around and the wireless works; i've never used linux before but netbooks are now fun to me

Maoist-Haruhism · 07-24-2010, 08:46 AM

cant afford anything lol

Aliquid · 07-24-2010, 10:05 AM

but seriously this thing is sweet, probably $700 worth of equipment for nothing

its awful though because now i just fantasize about posting on oh from nepal

Maoist-Haruhism · 07-24-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Maoist-Haruhism

cant afford anything lol

Rad Randy · 07-24-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliquid

ha

so what's it like? i finally moved a bunch of crap around and the wireless works; i've never used linux before but netbooks are now fun to me

It was ok. The small screen is easy to get used to with all of my years of handheld gaming experience but I didn't care much for its touch pad for the cursor movement because it felt like they had it up too "fast" for such a small screen and pad.

Aliquid · 07-24-2010, 10:34 PM

the touchpad was glitchy so i just use a laptop mouse anyway

the only thing i don't like so much is the tiny keyboard but i'm not typing a lot

Rad Randy · 07-25-2010, 08:28 PM

I like compact/micro keyboards. Everything else feels too clunky.

Aliquid · 07-25-2010, 09:13 PM

nah i have horrible fingers and small-distance coordination i need my big fat keys

Mert · 07-26-2010, 02:10 AM

I am the opposite of Mr. Bad. I like my keyboards big, clunky, and built like tanks. This is my ideal keyboard. I own two; absolutely love them.

Aliquid · 07-26-2010, 05:59 AM

yeah we had those with our first pc back in like 1988, it was awesome, it feels like you're stamping a passport with every keystroke

Ebb · 07-26-2010, 07:00 PM

I have a keyboard without the numbpad. That way I can have the mouse between keyboard and usb numbpad. It feels nicer that way for some reason.

Rad Randy · 07-27-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mert

I am the opposite of Mr. Bad. I like my keyboards big, clunky, and built like tanks. This is my ideal keyboard. I own two; absolutely love them.

Please tell me you have one in each color.

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Originally Posted by Ebb

I have a keyboard without the numbpad. That way I can have the mouse between keyboard and usb numbpad. It feels nicer that way for some reason.

I prefer the keyboards without the keypad, too. I don't have one of those USB keypads (don't think I need one) but I'd probably prefer one off to the side as well - make me feel like I'm using a calculator or something.

I ordered one of these a few weeks ago. Still waiting on it to arrive but I think it's pretty snazzy. I may end up getting a wireless mouse to match so I can lay down in my bed and do my web browsing that way.

Ebb · 07-28-2010, 05:50 PM

That's a very small keyboard. I could hold it with my hands and type just using my thumbs.

Rad Randy · 07-28-2010, 07:21 PM

I'll be sure to try that when it arrives.

Aliquid · 07-28-2010, 07:59 PM

wtf that's as small as my netbook keyboard

Mert · 07-29-2010, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Rad Randy

Please tell me you have one in each color.

I have one white one and an all black one they don't make anymore (not black with gray keys). I'm thinking about buying a USB model for my Xbox.

Rad Randy · 07-29-2010, 08:10 AM

You should and then post a pic of all three next to each other.

Also, 7000th post in this incarnation of OH.

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Rad Randy radical Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Funlund Posts: 7,046	Best Buy post. I'm posting on a netbook on display right now.

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Maoist-Haruhism Make paper money, buy guns Join Date: Jun 1992 Location: Welfaria Posts: 9,411	cant afford anything lol __________________

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07-23-2010, 10:37 PM	#2
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	ha so what's it like? i finally moved a bunch of crap around and the wireless works; i've never used linux before but netbooks are now fun to me

07-24-2010, 10:05 AM	#4
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	but seriously this thing is sweet, probably $700 worth of equipment for nothing its awful though because now i just fantasize about posting on oh from nepal

07-24-2010, 10:34 PM	#7
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	the touchpad was glitchy so i just use a laptop mouse anyway the only thing i don't like so much is the tiny keyboard but i'm not typing a lot

07-25-2010, 08:28 PM	#8
Rad Randy radical Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Funlund Posts: 7,046	I like compact/micro keyboards. Everything else feels too clunky.

07-25-2010, 09:13 PM	#9
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	nah i have horrible fingers and small-distance coordination i need my big fat keys

07-26-2010, 02:10 AM	#10
Mert Strudel Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: middle of a cornfield Posts: 3,371	I am the opposite of Mr. Bad. I like my keyboards big, clunky, and built like tanks. This is my ideal keyboard. I own two; absolutely love them.

07-26-2010, 05:59 AM	#11
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	yeah we had those with our first pc back in like 1988, it was awesome, it feels like you're stamping a passport with every keystroke

07-28-2010, 05:50 PM	#14
Ebb Black is bootyful Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 5,291	That's a very small keyboard. I could hold it with my hands and type just using my thumbs.

07-28-2010, 07:21 PM	#15
Rad Randy radical Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Funlund Posts: 7,046	I'll be sure to try that when it arrives.

07-28-2010, 07:59 PM	#16
Aliquid Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 12,540	wtf that's as small as my netbook keyboard

07-29-2010, 08:10 AM	#18
Rad Randy radical Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Funlund Posts: 7,046	You should and then post a pic of all three next to each other. Also, 7000th post in this incarnation of OH.