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Adamo XPS: Typing & Lap Use

2010-02-14
hey guys jon rettinger from technobuffalo here since i unbox the adamo XPS a few days ago the biggest question that I've had is how does typing work on a laptop such a unique design so I'm going to show you how typing works when you're sitting at a desk when you're sitting in a chair that on your lap and you're sitting it's a couch relaxing how tight me is going to work on a computer with a very different take on the keyboard so let's go ahead and get started okay so here we are at your standard desk configuration sitting in a chair of regular height without a significant economic aspect to it just a regular chair at a standard desk we're going to open up the laptop you'll immediately see that raised area across the bottom while sitting at a desk typing is actually very easy and it feels a little bit less stress on the wrists I've had a battle a bit of carpal tunnel in the past I'm actually found that breather ergonomic keyboards that are split or I'm tapping on the laptop I generally use a stand that actually raises it similar to how this is typing for here is actually very comfortable the keys you can see our metal capped so you're sitting at a desk with overhead light actually almost reflects off the key so it's a little bit hard to see what the numbers or letters are but as far as typing experience from a desk goes it's actually a very pleasant experience it is really quite nice now because of this unique design you don't get that much room at the screen goes back it's about as far as going to go in the center of gravity seems a bit off its supposed to send her laptop work centered here it's a little bit weird I was worried that I was going to knock this thing over so if I tip this and you're hitting in this Rosie walking or as you're typing whatever it might be you can see it is going to tip but it's actually not going to tip over it's going to come right back down so right about there is where it's centered and it's going to go over you can knock it relatively far before it would fall down on the monitor despite its weird appearance now it's actually relatively stable when it's on a desk surface it's got these little feet on the bottom right there you can see a little bit of rubber I sort of keep it set and not moving which really counterintuitive I would expected that a laptop like this would have had a lot of movement to it but typing on a desk is actually very pleasant let's take a look at how this works if you're sitting at a chair similar where I'm sitting right now and you want to use it on your lap okay so here we are sitting in to the same regular chair with the laptop on my lap it's actually quite easy to type I would have been worried that again it was going to fall over but even with I'm bouncing my knees the computer is not falling forward it definitely is a little bit of a shake too and it's not a stable as a standard laptop but it's not going to fall forward with just standard leg emotion even as you type it still stays pretty stable and there's any flex on the bottom either which is pretty impressive for a laptop of this thin so we're sitting at a caer typing on your lap is actually going to work quite well if you cross your legs for example when you're typing that's where you run into a bit of issue because there's enough room for the thing to stay stable so if you're a lady who typed your legs cross or a duty tuxedo legs crossed you're gonna have a bit of trouble you can still type with it like this but it can wobble just a little bit let's go ahead and check out how this works reclining on a couch or a chair so I oftentimes like use my laptop sitting right here on my couch just relaxing watching a movie or while I'm watching the game like to catch up on some emails let's see how the adamo XPS works well sort of reclining back so again you gets her the same experience you had while sitting on the chair it is surprisingly stable and actually a bit comfortable because of the raised edges you get a bit more ergonomic typing now there is a bit of wiggle sort of up and down its supposed to standard laptop but it's nothing bad I think I could definitely get used typing with this on my lap so I've had the past few days this is actually position I've use it the most in and I found it to be relatively comfortable so a lot of people much like myself have a recliner they're like to use a laptop this way let's see how this works as well and it sort of becomes a bit different when you're almost at a horizontal position the laptop I found the edges of it almost fall off the sides of my legs they can get have a little bit of wobble when I'm sitting up not a bunch of an issue but I'm reclined all the way back and have a bit of a wiggle but nothing that would prevent me from typing on it again you can see that area at the bottom of the downward facing speakers sits pretty nicely on your lap I was actually quite surprised when you're laying back like this if you tap it you can see really how far you have to hit for to fall forward on the screen comes right back almost all the way down that's the point where it starts to fall forward so if you're concerned about using the adamo XPS you're worried about the keyboard how it would work in certain situations like I definitely was the concern to really fortunately don't have much merit the laptop works pretty well on your lap despite really only having a small area at the bottom to rest on your legs but it does work nicely and again surprisingly so it's probably one of the more comfortable typing experiences with sitting at a desk certainly you're going to want to use this in different situations to see how it's going to suit you I'm sure my stability standpoint it definitely works pretty decently so guys i'm jon rettinger from TechnoBuffalo this is sort of a second of many adamo XPS videos we have coming up so stay tuned to the channel and technobuffalo for all of your tech needs i'm jon rettinger and i'll see you in the next video i'm going to go watch the olympics
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