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Andrew – apologies accepted. Sorry I grumped about it. I have an old 11" Macbook Air that I inherited, and I do use it – but it does drive me round the bend.

A nice big screen RISCOS laptop would be a luxury that I couldn’t really afford even if it was available – I appreciate having the Pi, but the fact it’s tied to the desk and the big monitor (TV really) is not a major drawback as far as I’m concerned. The Mac mini is the main workhorse, but the Pi does provide quite a few very useful functions.

Special note to Clive – I dearly wish a 16+" ARM-based laptop were available that I could offer to you.

cough, over here.¹

I’d hope with the extra width the keyboard would be full range – typical 15.6" screens tend to accompanied by 104+ key keyboards, most feature everything including a numeric keypad set.

¹ Only got the one eye operational at present and the artificial lens doesn’t really do small text. Like this. It’s barely readable with a slight strain – on a 14" screen.

I’ve never been a fan of huge keyboards. I’d far sooner have just a very basic keyboard plus a (very) few modifier keys, with a decent keyboard driver so all the other functions can be reached with one or two modifiers and a normal key. Then I can touch type everything. I hate having to look at the keyboard.

If users could feel safe that taking the DIY approach wouldn’t result in public judgements about their morals, it would be completely fine.

+1, and worth pointing out that one of the names in the linked shenanigans thread came on October 1st, made six posts, and hasn’t been seen since October 3rd. Somebody deserves a pat on the back.

one of the names in the linked shenanigans thread came on October 1st, made six posts, and hasn’t been seen since October 3rd.

He could be reading, but have nothing to say.
I read these forums for some while before creating an account.