@monsieuricon Also, a numpad is non-negotiable for me. I've seen folks use laptops without a numpad, and it's like, how do people live like that?
@monsieuricon what are sane places to you? on my Latitude keyboard (6-row) they're:
- fn: bottom left next to ctrl (ctrl, fn, win, alt). most laptops have this and i like it because I prefer ctrl in the corner.
- '\': above Enter, like on any ANSI board
'~': left from 1, like on any keyboard.
@monsieuricon I mostly remap keys, so for me the layout (ANSI) is all that matters, plus of course the touchpad. And: Less moving parts. I hate fans.
@monsieuricon But but but... how do you type an em dash then? Or a non-breaking space? Or the ® and ™ trademark symbols?!
(I realize my typing requirements are very different from the average user.)
@monsieuricon Don't forget having actual F-keys instead of a touchscreen. Down there along with 2nd gen x1 carbon's keyboard.
@monsieuricon Keyboard layout, and physical buttons on the trackpad, are together why I have a thinkpad instead of a @frameworkcomputer today. None of the "hack a thinkpad keyboard and trackpad into a frame.work" projects have gone anywhere, as far as I can tell.
@Legit_Spaghetti @monsieuricon I never cared for a numpad on a laptop until I started doing parametric CAD... 😀
@krzk @monsieuricon I've just swapped them back in BIOS on every ThinkPad I own. Relatively painless... but it does confuse everyone else who touches my laptop
@mcdanlj yup, if framework offered a trackpoint for the 13", I would immediately buy one. But 23 years of input habit is hard to break.
@notting Whereas if lenovo offered a keyboard for the T series without a trackpoint, I'd remove the distracting nub...☺
@krzk @monsieuricon ohhh company laptops, urgh that's incredibly frustrating