I have both an Aspire One A110 and a Gateway EC1803h. The A110 has an amazing keyboard IMO, it's very comfortable to use (albeit a little small).
The Gateway, OTOH, has the same keyboard type as this netbook and I find that's absolutely awful to use. Getting used doesn't help. The keys are flat, with almost no gaps between them, so feeling the keys is almost impossible. This makes touch typing extremely difficult.
I can't believe they're putting this same keyboard type on the new Aspire One. =( This is really a huge disappointment for me; I might not get this netbook mainly because of this downside.
I've learned the hard way with my Gateway, an awful keyboard and really ruin a netbook.
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this is the worst keyboard in the industry, and they are sticking with it in their next lineup? why?
@cuby I couldn't agree more.
I have both an Aspire One A110 and a Gateway EC1803h. The A110 has an amazing keyboard IMO, it's very comfortable to use (albeit a little small).
The Gateway, OTOH, has the same keyboard type as this netbook and I find that's absolutely awful to use. Getting used doesn't help. The keys are flat, with almost no gaps between them, so feeling the keys is almost impossible. This makes touch typing extremely difficult.
I can't believe they're putting this same keyboard type on the new Aspire One. =( This is really a huge disappointment for me; I might not get this netbook mainly because of this downside.
I've learned the hard way with my Gateway, an awful keyboard and really ruin a netbook.