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From: ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU (David Preston Dykes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: re: hp48 drops keys etc.
Keywords: hp48 28 keys
Message-ID: <31342@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 14 Jun 91 00:52:06 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Hello Again-
	Earlier, I posted that my 48sx drops keystrokes.  Well I got about 15
responses to this, some from 28s owners asking for a summary..  Well here it
is:
	Psychologists have a name for it I can't remember what it is...  When
you work  so hard for something that you overlook its bad points, that seems to
me to be what I got from alot of 48 owners.  "[the functions are faster therfore
overall productivity is increased..]" and so on, but all the people that wrote
me conceded that the 48 drops keystrokes!
	These users also pointed out that my gripe about the lack of a seperate
alpha keyboard was moot since I could always use a pc... This is an undisputed
advantage.
	I guess to summerize for those of ya'll that asked about upgrading...
I PERSONALLY don't use all the functions of the 48, and PREFER THE 28s.  If you
are a math stud and utilize the 48 to its fullest perhaps you can overlook the
fact that it can't take input as fast as the 28. For those of you like
me that find yourself doing alot of simple operations, DON'T switch.
	For me the i/o is hard to do without, but I have a hard time justifying
slowing down for a test because I don't have to type in tetris.

					-dave