Holiday reflections

Posted by Franz Grieser
Dec 29, 2014 at 03:03 PM

Thanks Stephen, DrAndus and Bill.

First: I have a Logitech Tablet Keyboard for the iPad. It is fine - but it does not attach to the iPad so it’s not suited for working in the suburban train.

Re Chromebooks: I considered such a machine in summer, but decided to not invest in another ecosystem. The cons: price (starting at 200 Euro), cloud (yes, I know you can keep data local), Google.
Re ClamCase: This seems to be a great keyboard+case. The cons: a ridiculous price (getting a Pro from Great Britain would cost 180 Euro incl. shipping, getting one from the USA would be about >210 Euro incl. shipping and customs duty), QWERTY keyboard layout (but I could live with that as I type without looking to the keys).

But: Searching for the ClamCase on Amazon brought up the Cooper Kai Skel, which is almost identical to the ClamCase (as far as the descriptions are concerned). Only the viewing angle seems to be less. However, it only costs 45 Euro. I just ordered one.

@Bill: I installed Notebooks for Windows and find the “New from pastboard” command quite useful for importing web pages incl. links, formatting and images. However, the original URL does not get copied. Did I miss something? Or would I have to live with that shortcoming?

Thanks, Franz