Nowadays it is so hard to find a comfortable laptop. I've given up. I bought a 13" HP Envy 13, and gosh do I loathe this machine. I don't exactly get repetitive stress syndrome, but my palm gets very uncomfortable on the edge of the keyboard, the laptop is freezing cold. I find that after 10 minutes or so I am stressed out and revert to my 9 year old Samsung RF511, with its nice rounded edges and somewhat warmer temperature (in its time it was considered unusually cool).
Apple Macs are a byword for discomfort, with their sharp edges.
I bought a Thinkpad and sent it back - it actually has a join at the front edge of the keyboard which scrapes your palm as you type. Weird.
Asus seem to be slightly less awful than the others, but not by much.
Microsoft?
A school of critics will jump in and say: "Well you're not using your laptop right! You should be sitting upright at your desk, and then your palm wouldn't be cut by the edge of the keyboard!" (Hey dude this is a LAPtop - for using on laps. Not a desktop. I already have a desktop.)
There's not a single laptop these days which has the rounded edges of old.
Why not? I can't understand it.
Apple Macs are a byword for discomfort, with their sharp edges.
I bought a Thinkpad and sent it back - it actually has a join at the front edge of the keyboard which scrapes your palm as you type. Weird.
Asus seem to be slightly less awful than the others, but not by much.
Microsoft?
A school of critics will jump in and say: "Well you're not using your laptop right! You should be sitting upright at your desk, and then your palm wouldn't be cut by the edge of the keyboard!" (Hey dude this is a LAPtop - for using on laps. Not a desktop. I already have a desktop.)
There's not a single laptop these days which has the rounded edges of old.
Why not? I can't understand it.
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