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• PowerBook keyboard
  2004-01-09 07:09:10  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  IBM thinkpads have a similar inverted T layout and I've been using them for years with no problem at all. I don't think you'll ahve any problem with this layout on a powerbook.

• PowerBook keyboard
  2003-12-22 14:52:35  leejoramo1 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Personally, I love this keyboard layout, and find it very ergonomic. I am primarily a web developer, python programmer and live on the command line. I find the position and size of the inverted T cursor cluster much better than the typical cursor cluster setup in which I have to move my right hand much further way from the home keys. I liked this keyboard layout so much that I searched or a USB keyboard with the same layout to use on my desktop systems. Amazingly enough, I found such a unit in the Happy Hacker keyboard. This is a keyboard that is primarily marketed at hard core unix users.
  
  http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/haphackeylit1.html
  
  

• PowerBook keyboard
  2003-12-22 11:44:30  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  The inverted T arrangement of the keys makes it easy to locate the correct arrow key by touch.

• PowerBook keyboard
  2003-12-22 05:02:44  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I type this from the slightly more portable version: the 15" Al-Book. I believe it has the same keyboard. The cursor-keys are small (half the height of a normal key, normal width).
  
  I'm not bothered by this arrangement at all. Since the keys (well, three of them) are on the edge of the keyboard, hitting them half-way will not touch any other key. The up-arrow might be a bit more uncomfortable, but the tactile response is good: well before pressing the key, you feel what you're hitting.
  
  But by all means, try before buying...
  
  Maarten