49G/49g+ interesting?

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(10-24-2019 06:23 AM)toml_12953 Wrote:  I really liked the blue and had no trouble reading the labels! À chacun ses goûts, I guess.

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(10-24-2019 11:15 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  The 49g is interesting if you want to see for yourself just how bad a keyboard can feel. Other than that, there isn't anything that hasn't been done better on other models.

These comments are a good reminder that these kinds of things are all subjective and subject to our own personal preferences, tastes and sense's abilities.

I have heard some folks comment that the rubber key 'feel' of the 49g is one of the best they've ever felt, and also that the color scheme is one of the worst contrast schemes HP ever produced. I don't agree with the former, but do lean towards the latter, but I'm no more right or wrong than anyone else.

I think what makes the 49g so often criticized is this was the first machine to leave behind the clean, stoic, professional design style used on the classics through the 48 series, and lean towards the more stylish and colorful schemes favored by other manufacturers, especially for education-market focused products. Arguably (and it will...) this was too far for some, and simultaneously not far enough for others.

The good news though, is 49g's are usually pretty cheap, so even if not functionally compelling, it's easy enough to get one to see how you fell about it.