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[Miles]

* J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote, On 04-Sep-11 09:43:

Not only that, but quite a lot of USB keyboards have at least one USB
port, some two, i. e. they include a hub anyway.

On the depressing side, my experience (in XP) of using a numpad with a
netbook, especially to generate special characters, hasn't been great. I
can't specifically remember what problems I had, but I definitely had
some, and usually just end up using charmap.

Thanks everyone, and the pain in the butt continues; and yes, I'll
read more next time -- this time was looking for a small machine not
being too wide to include keypad -- can't wait until I relocate and
buy a full size desktop keyboard and screen!
Miles

 

[Miles]

* thanatoid wrote, On 04-Sep-11 00:14:

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Also, as much as I hate to mention this, next time you're buying
a laptop, you might want to research things a little...

While they quote HP saying:

"...fuses fashion with efficiency to offer a stylish notebook PC
that meets the personal computing and entertainment needs of
every consumer."

/They/ say:

"75%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This
is not a recommendation for purchase."

That's from:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Pavilion-dm4-1060us.33408.0.html

Of, course, you can probably find ten other sites that will
claim this is the best notebook ever, and I am too lazy to read
the thread so I don't know if YOU have had any problems with the
touchpad (it was mentioned on all 3 pages I actually looked at),
but...

No problems with the touchpad whatsoever, it must have been fixed by
the time mine was released. This is not to mention that the entire
keyboard was faulty and needed to be replaced. And before that the
screen was replaced due to 3 or 4 dead pixels in a group. And when I
first bought it the CD/DVD player wouldn't record DVD's so had to
replace that myself -- without any directions except Indian help that
attempted to destroy my machine. This is the 1t & last HP for me!

 

[charlie]

* thanatoid wrote, On 04-Sep-11 00:14:

No problems with the touchpad whatsoever, it must have been fixed by the
time mine was released. This is not to mention that the entire keyboard
was faulty and needed to be replaced. And before that the screen was
replaced due to 3 or 4 dead pixels in a group. And when I first bought
it the CD/DVD player wouldn't record DVD's so had to replace that myself
-- without any directions except Indian help that attempted to destroy
my machine. This is the 1t & last HP for me!

Gee, it sounds like my experience with the old Compaq laptops!
In it's time, the best laptop we had was a Zenith Z-80 based machine.
It survived use on the flight line in hot Florida summer weather, went
to various "Flag" events, and generally behaved as you'd want.