[Ti] Speaking of 17 inches ;-)

[Paul Russell]

>At 6:47 PM -0800 3/25/03, Paul Russell wrote:
>>>I also like the ports being on the sides. In the past when working 
>>>at the desk, I would have to stand up, close the lid and then 
>>>connect or disconnect USB or Firewire, re-open the lid.
>>>
>>
>>Me too - I like having a USB port on each side too - great for us 
>>left-handed mousers...
>>
>
>I hate the ports on the sides.  It is the one thing that I really 
>don't like about the 17-incher.  I connect to almost all of the 
>ports when I am at home.  I have a DVI-ADC adaptor connected to a 
>23" display. and I have to stretch the USB cable of the DVI-ADC 
>adaptor from one side to the other because I am a right hand mouser. 
>I also have Ethernet and Firewire also out right side.  I have Power 
>and the USB from DVI-ADC adaptor out the left.  The bend radius of 
>all of these cables takes a huge amount of desk space and is really 
>ugly. With my 15" Ti, everything was in a nice neat bundle out the 
>back. Overall the 17" machine takes twice the desk area.  With the 
>Ti, the pro mouse cable was long enough to mouse from either side.
>

I put my 17 incher on a printer stand (the old kind that people used 
to have for continuous feed stationery printers) on the desk. This 
not only raises it up a few inches, bringing the screen to a more 
ergonomic height, but it allows me to put a USB keyboard partly 
underneath and I can also feed the various cables underneath the 
stand and out the back.

Paul

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