>Yes, the laptop keyboard will affect your rate and longevity.
I think this is a great example of "Your Mileage May Vary" (YMMV) because I
have contested with laptops a fair bit and have:
a. Never been slowed down by the keyboard, and
b. I've never had the keyboard be the thing that fails on the laptop. I
have lunched two displays, though.
For what its worth (FWIW). I've had those TRlog rate numbers up pretty high
(400+ on SSB) on laptops. I don't think 20% is a very good estimate of how
much it slows you down. I would be hard pressed to even go along with 5%,
but that is in my experience only. I bet there are some laptops out there
which are horrible for contesting, and I bet trained typists might have a
tougher time of adjusting to a smaller keyboard than untrained typists.
There are probably a whole lot of variables.
Mark, N5OT
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