Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 15th Jun 2009 17:09 UTC
"There's no such thing as the perfect computer, and never has been. But in the personal computer's long and varied history, some computers have been decidedly less perfect than others. Many early PCs shipped with major design flaws that either sunk platforms outright or considerably slowed down their adoption by the public. Decades later, we can still learn from these multi-million dollar mistakes. By no means is the following list exhaustive; one could probably write about the flaws of every PC ever released. But when considering past design mistakes, these examples spring to my mind."
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... annoying to use a Fn combination to access Home, End, Page Up/Down, etc.
Fn-End to jump to the end of the line.
Shift-Fn-End to select from the cursor till the end of the line.
Ctrl-Fn-End to jump to the end of the document.
Ctrl-Shift-Fn-End to select from the cursor till the end of the document.
Annoying indeed, especially if there is no external mouse...
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2005-07-08
Hmmm. I won't buy a laptop that has a Fn key at the lower left corner of the keyboard, because I use the Ctrl-key a lot, and I need to find it easily (disclaimer: I don't type with 10 fingers...).