Originally Posted by thekinneret

While I appreciate the response, I'm still looking for responses from folks (i.e. consumers) who have used the headphone-jack in front setup - I want to know how it works for you? The more I look at the sager brand, the more it's bothering me. It's really becoming a deal breaker.

I just can't imagine *why* clevo would put line-in jacks on the front of a system - it's so obviously annoying for the user. I experimented by putting taping my headphone jack to the front of my laptop and found it very awkward to type with my hands over a wire and to have it jutting out at me. The ideal laptop setup - in my personal opinion - is line-in stuff on the left-hand side, optical drive on the right-hand side, and touchpad only slightly to the left. Some manufacturers have not decided on what works and still continue to design laptops with very odd interfaces, and for some reason, people don't complain a lot about this.

EDIT: I just found a solution to this problem. USB speakers and headphones! So, it's no longer an issue.
It's like people buy laptops thinking that performance and looks are the key features, completely ignoring the obvious issues with how the computer actually feels. I'd argue the way a laptop feels is as important as performance.