Unexpected MacBook Air benefit--reduced carpal tunnel pain
For those of you who are MacBook Pro users, you too may have felt the pain from the somewhat oddly placed keyboard. From day one I thought it was too far away from the bottom of the machine. And while thin, the MBP doesn't have the ergonomic profile that you get with a Thinkpad. Enter the MacBook Air and you will see immediately that your wrists get to relax a bit more and don't strain nearly as hard to stay on the keyboard.
A week into the MB Air and I can honestly say that I have almost no pain or fatigue in my wrists when I use the machine standalone. In fact it's possibly more comfortable then using a regular keyboard...TBD for the moment.
I know a few other carpal tunnel sufferers--both of whom, like myself went to hand doctors and had all sorts of x-rays etc. (Zack@MySQL and Raven@451) so I will see what the other guys have to say. For me, so far, so good.
Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom.
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http://health-pictures.com/bone/carpal-tunnel-syndrome.htm
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http://health-pictures.com/bone/carpal-tunnel-syndrome.htm
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by ajajoo
November 25, 2008 8:23 AM PST
- bought mbp a week ago. this keyboard is horrible. no feedback.. strangely spaced keys. i have developed pain in my wrists using this. it is sad to see such a good machine with equally poor and unusable keyboard (and mouse) combination. Hope they fix it.. the keyboard is clearly more style than substance. what good is a good computer if one cannot type properly.
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