Teaching, Technology, and Learning

Once in a while I rotate the screen on my Sony Vaio P, as shown in this image from pocketables:

On Windows machines with Intel graphics you can press Control+Alt+Arrow Key to rotate in one of four orientations depending on which arrow key is pressed. However, the mouse doesn't rotate with the screen. This always bugs me a bit when the occasion arises to use the mouse. There is the Sakasa Mouse program to rotate the mouse, but it's not nicely integrated with the rotate function.

I purchased a Sony Vaio P several weeks ago and have been enjoying it quite a bit. It's my favorite computer for meetings or trips when I have a table or desk available (for no desk, I still use my OQO 02, but it hasn't gotten much action lately).

The Sony Vaio P series was unveiled at CES in January 2009 and is essentially Sony's entry in the netbook market. I won't go into specs or the typical things you'd find in a review, because you can google the machine and find many excellent reviews already. I purchased the "peridot" green machine (since I'm a little tired of black/white laptops) with hard disk drive and extended battery.

A few comments I've gotten: