it saves space. the acer aspire one does the same. you get used to it. if you cant handle one small change, you probably shouldnt be looking into something this small anyway.
Well the acer one supposedly has extra sensors in the corners of the touchpad and users say that with them they don't even use the side buttons that often, I wonder if this one has similar as well.
If you want to save space, put both buttons on the lefthand side of the pad (L button above R). That layout would actually be more ergonomic than the bottom layout, as most use the thumb to press the buttons.
To make it fair for righties & lefties, replicate the buttons on both sides of the pad.
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Why put the tackpad buttons on the left and right? Come on people, don't you realized we HATE that?
it saves space. the acer aspire one does the same. you get used to it. if you cant handle one small change, you probably shouldnt be looking into something this small anyway.
Well the acer one supposedly has extra sensors in the corners of the touchpad and users say that with them they don't even use the side buttons that often, I wonder if this one has similar as well.
@Angus:
So does the HP Mininote. It's a nice design.
If you want to save space, put both buttons on the lefthand side of the pad (L button above R). That layout would actually be more ergonomic than the bottom layout, as most use the thumb to press the buttons.
To make it fair for righties & lefties, replicate the buttons on both sides of the pad.