Notebook Key Travel
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All the recent notebook keypads actually come with a very less "key travel". Sometimes rightly called "Chiclet" keys. You are liking this model? I've been disliking it for so long, as I've been an fan of deep travel keys. But the new notebook I bought, I'm seeing, it takes a lot lesser effort to type. The stress on the fingers are so less. So I'm officially joining the chiclet bandwagon. :-D
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All the recent notebook keypads actually come with a very less "key travel". Sometimes rightly called "Chiclet" keys. You are liking this model? I've been disliking it for so long, as I've been an fan of deep travel keys. But the new notebook I bought, I'm seeing, it takes a lot lesser effort to type. The stress on the fingers are so less. So I'm officially joining the chiclet bandwagon. :-D
I dislike the "zero travel" membrane keyboards but I am quite happy with a millimetre or two travel. And yes, a lot slicker to type on than the ASR-33 I cut my typing teeth on! I can't touch type on a touchscreen, so tablet and phone are hunt'n'peck. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I dislike the "zero travel" membrane keyboards but I am quite happy with a millimetre or two travel. And yes, a lot slicker to type on than the ASR-33 I cut my typing teeth on! I can't touch type on a touchscreen, so tablet and phone are hunt'n'peck. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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All the recent notebook keypads actually come with a very less "key travel". Sometimes rightly called "Chiclet" keys. You are liking this model? I've been disliking it for so long, as I've been an fan of deep travel keys. But the new notebook I bought, I'm seeing, it takes a lot lesser effort to type. The stress on the fingers are so less. So I'm officially joining the chiclet bandwagon. :-D
Partly, this depends upon where one comes from (in terms of learning to type): I actually had real typing classes (a long time ago). The long travel you speak of on a normal keyboard is only a small fraction of what a "real" mechanical typewriter required. One developed some pretty decent finger muscle power. The long travel (somewhere between 10mm and 20mm) was too much but I do like a real keyboard. My work-laptop, Dell M6500, is referred to as a portable work station and has a full size real keyboard - and feels so much better to use than a typical laptop. I think the tiny keyboards and horrid chicklet keyboards on those after-thought keyboards are, like I said, horrid. I'm not a "gamer", but if you look at gaming equipment, those guys spend a lot of money on a keyboard with mechanical keys. I would bet they know something
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Partly, this depends upon where one comes from (in terms of learning to type): I actually had real typing classes (a long time ago). The long travel you speak of on a normal keyboard is only a small fraction of what a "real" mechanical typewriter required. One developed some pretty decent finger muscle power. The long travel (somewhere between 10mm and 20mm) was too much but I do like a real keyboard. My work-laptop, Dell M6500, is referred to as a portable work station and has a full size real keyboard - and feels so much better to use than a typical laptop. I think the tiny keyboards and horrid chicklet keyboards on those after-thought keyboards are, like I said, horrid. I'm not a "gamer", but if you look at gaming equipment, those guys spend a lot of money on a keyboard with mechanical keys. I would bet they know something
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I agree. Being an old-fashioned touch typist, I normally rest my fingers on the "home" keys. With some low-travel and zero-travel keyboards, the weight of my fingers plus a little vibration causes the keys to activate, leaving strings of "asdfgjkl;" on the screen.
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