Re: [tlug] Keyboard Location (was Favorite Linux laptops these days?)

[Jonathan Byrne <jonathan@example.com>]

On 3/26/12 11:57 , jep200404@example.com wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:19:11 -0700, Jonathan Byrne<jonathan@example.com>  wrote:
>
> > ... arthritis and lingering RSI issues.
> The keyboard belongs in one's lap, not on a desk.
>
> Laptops are compromises that closely group together things that
> would otherwise not be so close. So use an external keyboard in
> your lap when using the laptop on a desk. Being separate from
> the laptop, you can shop for one with the right feel and
> ergonomics, regardless of the laptop's keyboard.
Depends. At work, I use a stand-up desk and an external monitor on the 
MBP (with internal display off), and the MBP itself is sitting on a 
fabricated riser to bring it up 3" above the desk, which is roughly at 
waist height. This makes it easy to position it in a comfortable spot.

For my desktop, I have one of these:

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/solo-ascent-90_512x390.jpg

I angle it inward a bit, I don't type purely vertically.

If I'm sitting down at a desk, I have been known to just put the laptop 
on my lap. It is, after all, a laptop :-)

I like that enough that if Apple sold an MBP body that contained nothing 
but the keyboard and touchpad connected to a USB port for use as a 
standalone keyboard, I'd probably buy one. Even at Apple prices :-)

Jonathan