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I use laptops 95% of the time, and am amazed at the different response my hands have to various keyboards.
First off, I used to get carpal tunnel using a standard keyboard on a desktop machine. I've never suffered symptoms with the MS Natural Keyboard. With laptops, I've had mixed experiences. With the Dell laptops I've owned, I've never had a problem. In fact, I stopped using a full-size keyboard with them. When I purchased a Toshiba P25-S507, I thought that the larger keyboard size wouldn't be a problem.
Boy, was I wrong. There's something about the fact that the keyboard is sunken or something else that causes my little fingers to start tingling within 10 minutes of using it, which eventually spreads to my whole hand and doesn't go away for about 48 hours.
So, while I use it at home as my primary machine, I always have a full size keyboard plugged into it, and like Corinna said, a mouse, a second monitor, etc.
Marc
MyXaml
Advanced Unit Testing
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... up until last year when i put it inside my backpack with a big bottle of Pepsi...
Norman Fung
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I have my Toshiba Tablet PC which also supports an additional 1280x1000 resolution monitor and it rocks.
I'm suprised to hear people prefering a "bigger" keyboard; unless you're coding in Hex I wouldn't have thought the number pad would be much use.
Since I switched to using laptops with their smaller keyboards I have suffered less strain, and I also get to count my 30 minute ferry ride every morning and evening as quality programming time; an hour a day certainly adds up.
Laptops rock!
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Anyone else working on a Terminal Server?
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I believe that laptops are just too small to work with - I have this dekstop with a large-keys-MS-keyboard, dual monitors (thinking about the 3rd), and a good optical mouse.
We use laptops only for product presentation on customer sites, and even our sales people prefer using desktops.
BTW, just to be fair, my computer is not a "desktop", it's an "under-desk", only the KVM is over the desk 
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Mostly, I use my portable like a desktop.
I have a big screen, MS Natural Keyboard, and a mouse on my desk, all attached to a little laptop... and whenever I want to leave, I take the core of my desktop computer with me!
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Corinna John wrote:
I have a big screen, MS Natural Keyboard, and a mouse on my desk, all attached to a little laptop... and whenever I want to leave, I take the core of my desktop computer with me!
Exactly!!! 
Marc
MyXaml
Advanced Unit Testing
YAPO
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Corinna John wrote:
laptop with certain anchor
Does a docking station count as an anchor?
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i don't like laptops because i think their keyboards are uncomfortable, so i use desktop only
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but you can attach external keyboard
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just another thing to plug in, carry around etc.
Mouse, Keyboard, Power supply. yuck.
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if u r having Laptop plzzzzz send it to me 
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I agree, that's why I have a spare keyboard at work and at home, to plug my notebook in to.
Christian
I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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What about monitor size... I can see how to code in VC++ without a 21" monitor!
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I'm the reverse.
I think my typing improves noticably when using a laptop keyboard, although I only use laptops for general IT tasks and not writing code. I do hate using those trackpads though.
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