Comments on: Butterfly keyboard should be revived

By: Lowlevel

Lowlevel — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:36:00 +0000

The expanding keyboard works well when you work on hard surfaces, but it makes the notebook more fragile when you’re holding it/etc. Trust me, I broke mine a couple times… and back then, these notebooks were up in the $8000-10000 price range. Not fun.

By: Revival

Revival — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:02:38 +0000

This is a interesting blog. I’ve always been a supporter of this kind of thinking. I’m hoping that this starts a revival of this kind of thinking along the same lines.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:05:30 +0000

I’d kill for a netbook with Butterfly keyboard. Hell, I’d even settle for a usb keyboard with fold-down legs that can perch over my netbook’s awful keyboard (so I can use it without having to push the screen another foot back).

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:03:12 +0000

Hmm, this is a crap solution, flap, flap, unless it’s an external keyboard. Oh, wait, we do have usb-keyboards. Just buy one extra and plug it in. The thing with a small netbook is mobility, so bringing a keyboard, a widescreen 32″ monitor with it, sort of kill the idea.

I hope the future will bring holographic solutions for screens and keyboards, so we just carry the hardware box.

By: LotoTexas

LotoTexas — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:32:55 +0000

i have problems with the small keys too… this could be a great idea!

By: James

James — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:21:31 +0000

But, if netbooks come with butterfly keyboards, how on earth are manufacturers now going to justify the enormous bezels around the screen…

By: Eats Wombats

Eats Wombats — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:11:50 +0000

I agree.

I have abandoned an Asus 1000 for serious use because the keyboard is just too small.