For a laptop test we asked (and got) tons of laptops from most laptop manufacturers. I did a quick test drive of an iBook. The GUI seems quite nice.. but I have this remark: WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DELETE KEY??!?!?? Also, I didn't find the shell.
I was actually impressed by Toshiba's Portégé R100. It is FUCKING SLICK!
I'm aware I'm using profanity in this post but somehow I felt like it. To those who feel offended, I deeply apologize and would like to say... Sod off!
Re:the delete key
Beatnik on 2004-12-16T18:23:10
Aah.. That must be why I didn't find it. I was looking for a button that said "Del".Re:the delete key
Beatnik on 2004-12-17T13:40:37
I double-checked and didn't find any key that has any marking even resembling the word "Delete". I also checked for things like "Suppr" or "Supprimer" (for french). Either I'm going terribly blind or we're talking about 2 different types here.Re:the delete key
rjbs on 2004-12-17T14:19:35
Huh. Ok, I am looking at my wife's G4 iBook as I type this. The key at the far top right (can you believe I typed "write" before?) is F12/Eject. To its left is a flat, then F11. Below F12/Eject is a broad key marked "delete." It's they key we'd call backspace on a PC. To its left is += and below it are the right bracket and the backslash.
Aha! Googling for "ibook keyboard" images found this:
http://www.mujmac.cz/images/ibookg4_keyboard_big.jpg
If you have that kind of keyboard (I don't know whose it is, although the site is Czech) it's the one with the long left arrow!
As I'd said before, to make it delete to the right, hold Fn while hitting it.Re:the delete key
Beatnik on 2004-12-17T15:12:44
You see... on regular, PC style keyboards, there are both backspace keys and delete keys. The first is often both marked "Backspace" and a long arrow pointing to the left. The delete key is often marked "Del" or "Delete". I never complained about the backspace key on that keyboard:) Re:the delete key
rjbs on 2004-12-17T16:53:55
...but Apple recognizes that the only time you'd ever delete rightwards is when editing text, and 'x' in vi already does that for you, so... they've saved space!
Anyway, I knew what you meant, which is why I included the explanation of how to get a traditional "delete" keystroke. Good luck deleting!
