Lappy with the best full sized keyboard??

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:32 am

Picked up a 700M for my wife a while back back keyboard was way too small and back to Mumbai it went (even tho they kept offering me $24 to buy a keyboard

)(that will take care of the problem, yes?)

she says she wants a full size or close to it keyboard that "feels like a keyboard"

never been around lappies that much and don't type much on the hp and dell I have - mostly used for surfing

I've looked around it seems like the pick of the litter is IBM thinkpads - at least keyboard wise - don't want to spend a whole lot here - basically this will be for word processing and surfing and maybe dvd viewing but want something with built in wireless, etc

TIA

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Mon May 23, 2005 12:23 pm

My ABS Mayhems keyboard is FS or at least close, far better than my old Toshiba. I'd have many typos with my old one due to crampt fingers.
Go to Bestbuy or Circuit City and look at what they've got. Larger keyboards mean widescreen and larger screens so your price goes up too.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:23 pm

Only laptop I've EVER seen with what comes VERY close to a full size keyboard is an old P-266 Metrobook laptop. This thing was WAY ahead of it's time - it had FIREWIRE, USB, and a gorgeous 15" screen (I still have it and am considering converting it into a digital picture frame).

Some of the newer widescreen lappies come close.

If you just care about bigger keys (I have big fingers and most laptop keys are too damn small) the Dell Inspiron 6000 has some nice big keys on it. It's the same keyboard as my Dell 5150 and I love that keyboard.

Invisible Evil · Post by **Invisible Evil** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:25 pm

VooDoo Laptops, If you want to drop the clams for one.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:18 pm

thanks all...not looking to spend big clams here ... probably a trip to somewhere that has them is the best idea....

smb · Post by **smb** » Tue May 24, 2005 1:47 pm

IBM has/uses a full size keyboard. At least for the keys. As usualy some of them double up as something else.

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:36 pm

I also think that the 17'' widescreen lappys come whit bigger keyboards, for example the toshiba... of couse nothing to compare with a real keyboard. u can always get a dock station and plug in any keyboard too!

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:46 pm

Check out the Inspiron 6000D... VERY comfy K/B