Comments on: Tech un-support http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reginleif http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635/comment-page-1#comment-28266 Reginleif Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:04:10 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635#comment-28266 Oh, cripes, Comcast. 45 minutes or more on the phone to talk with someone who's even less technical than I am. I have no personal experience with HP but I'm not really shocked by yours, either. Oh, cripes, Comcast. 45 minutes or more on the phone to talk with someone who’s even less technical than I am.

I have no personal experience with HP but I’m not really shocked by yours, either.

]]> By: David Charlap http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635/comment-page-1#comment-28265 David Charlap Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:54:34 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635#comment-28265 I'm not a fan of wireless keyboards - they get to be maddening as the batteries run low. And if you don't have a spare set when that happens, you may end up having to drive to the quickie-mart in the middle of the night in order to get your work done. USB keyboards, on the other hand, are plentiful and don't cost a lot. You probably wouldn't like the feel of a cheap $5 keyboard, but there are many good ones in the $30-50 range. Unfortunately, only <a href="http://www.pckeyboard.com/" rel="nofollow">one company</a> these days makes keyboards with the mechanical switches I love. They're not cheap, and they're not sold in retail stores. I’m not a fan of wireless keyboards – they get to be maddening as the batteries run low. And if you don’t have a spare set when that happens, you may end up having to drive to the quickie-mart in the middle of the night in order to get your work done.

USB keyboards, on the other hand, are plentiful and don’t cost a lot. You probably wouldn’t like the feel of a cheap $5 keyboard, but there are many good ones in the $30-50 range.

Unfortunately, only one company these days makes keyboards with the mechanical switches I love. They’re not cheap, and they’re not sold in retail stores.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635/comment-page-1#comment-28249 Meryl Yourish Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:57:53 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635#comment-28249 I have a wireless keyboard buried somewhere that I'm going to look for tonight. If I can't find it, I'll just deal. I have a wireless keyboard buried somewhere that I’m going to look for tonight. If I can’t find it, I’ll just deal.

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635/comment-page-1#comment-28248 Jay Tea Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:55:22 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/04/3635#comment-28248 This is probably pretty fundamental and simple to the point of almost condescending, but have you thought of hooking up a USB keyboard to your laptop? I have large hands, so I carry a full-sized keyboard and mouse in my backpack with my laptop. Obviously it's not a great long-term solution, but it could help in the short term... J. This is probably pretty fundamental and simple to the point of almost condescending, but have you thought of hooking up a USB keyboard to your laptop? I have large hands, so I carry a full-sized keyboard and mouse in my backpack with my laptop.

Obviously it’s not a great long-term solution, but it could help in the short term…

J.

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