Asus Eee Keyboard
233 words | Last Updated: December 22, 2007 |
I tried typing a few paragraphs of text on the keyboard of the Asus Eee (OpenOffice Writer). After just a three paragraphs, I began to feel not only the strain, but something more...
It was the heat wafting upwards from the keyboard. The unit was plugged in, so I was using AC power. When I just use the battery, I don't experience as warm an airflow.
It's not hot; it's just warm. But after several minutes, it tends to bother me. The layout of the keyboard forces me to adopt a rather strict touch-typing form, which can get tiring after a couple of minutes.
Typing on the Asus Eee is so much easier using an external keyboard (A4Tech Natural A X-Slim Multimedia Keyboard), but I'm curious: What percentage of Eee PC owners rely mostly on the built-in keyboard? Do you use an external usb keyboard more?
I understand that people who use the Eee mostly for presentations will just stick with the built-in keyboard. Afterall, they can do all the serious typing on their regular desktop or laptop, and then just transfer the files to a thumb drive or MMC/SD card, and plug that into their Asus Eee during the actual presentation.
But for those who type continuously on the Eee for more than 5 minutes: Do you use an external keyboard or have you adapted to the tiny Asus keyboard?
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"Asus Eee Keyboard"
First Posted: December 22, 2007 | Filed in: General
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[From Manuel] LOL! I wonder when they'll do away with the embedded numeric keypad. Apple seems to have done it with some of their keyboards.
I use the keyboard a lot.
I find it's fine. Just a bit "spongy"
I was wondering if you would classify the keyboard the same way.
Sometimes for example I hit the shift and maybe I don't press it down far enough but i get a lot of lower case letters when I intend to see upper case.
I complained about that on my blog. I think a shorter travel space on the keyboard up and down would solve those spongy feeling problems
Thanks,
Ken
Hi Ken... I don't find the Shift key spongy, because I make a conscious effort to press it (particularly the one on the right). If don't, I end up pressing the arrow key.
I enjoyed reading your Asus Eee post (New Revolution) as well as the Second Part. You've inspired me to try relying less on the external keyboard.
its the delay on the trackpad that bothers me. it gnores the first c.250ms of any movement. infuriating!
That's why I avoid (as much as possible) using the trackpad.
I'm using a Dell Mini 9 and I like the trackpad and keyboard. My only stickler about the keyboard is the apostrophe location. It's next to the arrow keys.
I am a writer who travels, so I was pretty thrilled with this computer, but I have encountered a keyboard problem that seems to be getting worse. For some reason, as I type, the font format disappears and the font is a standard, computer font. I generally use arial, but the font automatically changes to this other font. Also it has consistent spacing for every letter. It's very disconcerting and it's happening more often as I use the computer. I'm being very careful about touching the wrong keys since it's such a small keyboard, but it doesn't seem to help. This has happened in Open Office and in yahoo and google email. Has anyone else had this problem?