On 27 Apr 2015 11:59:05 +0100 (BST)
Theo Markettos wrote:

Davey wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:20:44 +0100
Bill wrote:

In passing, I ought to say that I hate numeric keypads on
laptops. On all the ones I've tried, the touchpad always seems to
be in the wrong place in relation to the keyboard/screen etc.

Are you saying that the touchpad interferes with the keypad? I have
had no such problems with this Samsung, but I have had touchpad
problems with other laptops I have used.
Or do you mean something different?

I'd guess he means that the touchpad is aligned with the spacebar.
But the spacebar and the QWERTY bit isn't centred on the laptop
because of the keypad, so both QWERTY and touchpad are off-centre on
the left, like this:
http://www.whitegadget.com/attachmen...led-keypad.jpg

which means that you end up looking at the screen off-centredly as
well. It shifts the whole view of the laptop from 'centred' to
'have-to-turn-to-look-at-the-right'.

Given that most laptops can emulate a keypad with FN+jkl or similar,
unless you're a serious spreadsheet fiend I'd say the keypad isn't
worth messing up the ergonomics for.

Theo

Hmmm. My Samsung has the touchpad much more centred than that, not that
it would worry me anyway, since I rarely use it. And the off-centre
effect of the spacebar doesn't worry me either, I don't always have my
document in the middle of the screen, and I have a decent length thumb.
In fact, I have two.
Since it all fits nicely with the 15.6" screen, I'm happy.

--
Davey.