Is there an indicator for CAPS LOCKS in those systems?
Yes, I'm very sure the Studio 15 has a caps lock light. It's on the left side of the keyboard, directly left of the caps lock key. I couldn't find any pictures that show it on though, but it does and I've seen this model of laptop a number of times before. I don't recall ever *noticing* the LED on, but I've seen it in person and it is definitely there.
Here is the caveat though: Perhaps the 1555 is different the other Studio 15s I've seen? Hmmm. I certainly hope they wouldn't make such a huge change in the same series, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Here is the caveat though: Perhaps the 1555 is different the other Studio 15s I've seen? Hmmm. I certainly hope they wouldn't make such a huge change in the same series, but it wouldn't surprise me.
I´m aware that in the Studio 1555 is controlled by Quickset when you´re in windows, but what about outside of Windows, if I start in MS-DOS? is there any indicator that tells me the system has caps lock activated?
Quickset does a number of things, but it only shows a graphical indicator on your screen (windows desktop). It doesn't actually control any lights etc. on the keyboard itself and those LEDs should work without quickset.
And the other question is about the ASCII codes, in previous laptops we had the numpad keys and we could use FN + ALT and the numpad key to type an ascii character, how can I accomplish this in these two models? because they don´t have the numpad anymore.. According to the photo I linked above included in this review forthe Studio 15, it does have a numlock button. The keyboard clearlyshows secondary, blue numbers on the right section of the keyboard. This means it can do the 'numpad' thing for sure.
Without using the numlock, you should also be able to just hold FN instead (FN will give you access to any secondary functions on keys with blue text). For what it is worth, there's also an LED right above the numlock key.
If you don't have access to the numlock numbers though, you can't do it. Although, you could buy a USB numpad (mentioned above) or settle with using Start > Run > charmap.exe
If you just needed accents however, you may be able to get away with manipulating some accessibility settings with Chinese unicode. I can't remember what was involved, but I've seen it out there on the net.
I can't answer anything about the Studio XPS 1640 and the rest of my information is based on what I know of the Studio 15 (may not be the 1555 specifically), but hopefully that helps reinforce any information you may have seen. Maybe a 1555 owner can jump in here. I hope so. :-)Without using the numlock, you should also be able to just hold FN instead (FN will give you access to any secondary functions on keys with blue text). For what it is worth, there's also an LED right above the numlock key.
If you don't have access to the numlock numbers though, you can't do it. Although, you could buy a USB numpad (mentioned above) or settle with using Start > Run > charmap.exe
If you just needed accents however, you may be able to get away with manipulating some accessibility settings with Chinese unicode. I can't remember what was involved, but I've seen it out there on the net.
by: nobusPosted on 2009-08-28 at 01:55:47ID: 25205823
why not use a laptop with a separate numeric keyboard, like desktops?
we sold many of these : http://h10010.www1.hp.com/