[50G] Question

[rprosperi]

(03-12-2015 08:28 PM)Tugdual Wrote:  Received the 50g I ordered today, and I'm discovering it. What a monster. I am under the impression it has more features than the prime. On the other hand it seems totally disorganized I really have a much harder time to find functions than on the 48G. I also see the appearance of these list menu I didn't like on the prime to the detriment of a better use of Fn keys.
Screen is better than the 48g for sure but I'm not impressed, I suspect that it could be the same as the 48g when it is 20 years old. Keyboard is surprisingly better than I expected though it does an ugly sticky noise like scotch tape, and of course this ridiculous tiny ENTER key but I'm not going to reopen this chapter.

Just first impressions...

The 50g has well more than twice as many functions than the 48 so it's hard to pack them all in, such that they're easy to find, but with practice you'll quickly find the ones you use often. As has also been noted in a recent thread, there are MANY key assignments that are not printed on the keyboard. The worst offense of this is that SWAP (one of the most commonly used functions) is assigned to the right-arrow key, which obviously only does this when not in any editor.

Also, you will find the transition to the ENTER key much easier than you think it will be, at least I did. Now when I use a 48, I'm contantly hitting + by mistake. Fingers have excellent muscle memory, if you can just keep your brain out of the discussion.

You'll enjoy exploring the 50g - a truly awesome machine.