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Logitech Alto

18 Apr, 2007, 4:07 pm IST | by Gaurav Seth |

It's a known fact that more laptops are sold than desktops, today. In fact first time computer buyers are also preferring laptops over desktops. Reasons? Plain and simple, cost of ownership has become considerably lower besides a laptop also occupies much less space, a very important point in the ever-so-shrinking and expensive real estate.

While some have the luxury of having a laptop and also a desktop, most people use the laptop as their solitary computing device. The problem starts when you begin using the laptop extensively at work. In ultra-compact laptops (ultra compact laptops are the smaller ones with screen sizes of 12-inches and lower), its tiny footprint also reduces the size of the keyboard, wherein many keys are missing, re-oriented from their conventional positions and are overall smaller in size as compared to a normal sized desktop keyboard. If used extensively at work for long hours, using the keyboard can be a frustrating experience and can considerably reduce your productivity. This is one of the most important points besides the screen size that one must keep in mind when buying an ultra portable laptop.

Another point that Logitech makes (which I think can be worked around with) is that optimum viewing angle when looking at the display. You should be looking straight at the screen without craning your neck. If you observe on a desktop system, the screen is at least two inches above from the desk level, where as in a laptop it’s reduced to a centimeter.


So to counter both the above mentioned problems Logitech has come out with a novel solution, a laptop stand that has a full-sized keyboard attached to it. Let’s have a closer look.

Tags: Logitech , Laptop Stand , Alto

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