Keyboards with Touchpads -- Cirque Smooth Cat, LogiTech NewTouch, PC Concepts Wave 109
(1999-02-27)

Trackballs-Tablets-Touchpads -- Logitech - Summa, Wacom - Cirque, PC Concepts/Synaptics
(1999-02-27)

Introduction
This section of the LOCALITY site is dedicated to helping people who are shopping for PC components and peripherals. When I was doing my own shopping, I found that although major components such as CPUs and motherboards are well covered (see GREAT SHOPPING GUIDES below), I couldn't find guides for small things such as keyboards and trackballs/touchpads. Here is what I've found from my research; I hope it helps you in making good choices for yourself, and saves you some time and aggravation along the way.

How the Guides are structured
- comparative table of features
- pricing & availability
- what I was looking for in the item; previous equipment used
- sources used, and when
- usage tips

Equipment Environment: Pentium II PC running WinNT & Win9x
Hardware: Intel Pentium II 233MHz, Asus P2B98 440BX motherboard
Software: WinNT 4.0 SP3, Win95b
Future: Linux & X windows

GREAT SHOPPING GUIDES

Tom's Hardware Guide - Giant site with reviews and technical articles on PC system components. Many comparative reviews.

AnandTech - Reviews of a wide array of PC system components. Rates motherboards in 8 areas, on a scale of 0-100.

StorageReview - THE place for HDD reviews! HDD comparator, CD-ROM drives, busmastering, IDE vs. SCSI, constantly reviewing new drives.

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