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Laptops sitting on desks are nicer to type at when they're thinner, because the difference between the arm on the desk and the palm on the laptop is minimized.
by eridius 10y ago
Laptops sitting on desks are nicer to type at when they're thinner, because the difference between the arm on the desk and the palm on the laptop is minimized. Thinner also usually correlates with weight.
- jml7c5 10y agoThis can be at least partially mitigated with a trapezoidal laptop shape, thicker towards the hinge. Though I will admit that a trapezoidal profile is much harder to fill with components than a rectangular one.
- soperj 10y agoYou're typing wrong. You should never rest your palms on the laptop.
- eridius 10y agoWell, I don't type on laptops as a rule anyway. My dev machine may be a laptop, but it sits on a stand plugged into an external display and external keyboard. In any case, if you do the ergonomically correct thing and keep your palms off the keyboard, it's still probably easier to type on a slimmer laptop.
- lostboys67 10y agoAgreed and if your doing any typing at a desk for extended periods (> 1hour a day) you should really be using a separate keyboard.