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I think you are looking for T460p http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes-thinkpad-lineup-at-ces http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes

by xendo 11y ago

I think you are looking for T460p http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes-thinkpad-lineup-at-ces http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes-thinkpad...

darklajid 11y ago
Thank you for that link. Now to convince management that a 3yo lowish T520 with a ~half-dead~ battery and constant thermal problems isn't exactly the best gear for your developers.. But at least I got time until February, until the T460p ships :)
- babby 11y ago
  Honestly I'd rather a t520 over this new Dell i7 e7450 latitude they have our developers using. The keyboard has... Fn key Home and End keys! Maximum cringe.
  - sandGorgon 11y ago
    You can invert that in the bios.
frik 11y ago
Thanks for the pointer. It looks promising, except for the keyboard layout. WTF http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9889/T460.jpg http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9889/T460.jpg Can we please go back to IBM designed keyboard layout. The T410 had a very good keyboard, I want to keep such an layout :( I want my keys grouped together not such a mess. The F1-4, F5-F8, F7-F12 keys should be grouped. The Del, Home, Page Up/Down keys should be grouped. I want to be productive, not look at the keyboard the whole time... Edit: The T410 keyboard looked like this: http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-blhknq8/product_images/images/lenovo_t410_laptop_key.jpg http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-blhknq8/product_images/images/...
- kitd 11y ago
  I have a W530 and it looks very similar to this layout (Return key is over 2 rows though).
  - floatboth 11y ago
    Usually, European keyboards have the weirdly shaped enter/return key that's over 2 rows, and US keyboards have a single-row return key.
    - mdellabitta 11y ago
      That "weirdly shaped enter/return key" is an ISO standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_9995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_9995
- leaveyou 11y ago
  I really don't understand what is their logic when they place a full Print Screen key (which I use 10 times a year at most) right between the Alt and Ctrl but the arrow keys are smaller and crowded and Home and End (which I use every time I edit something) are not even on the keyboard (or maybe there is some unhandy Fn+ shortcut?). WTF ? I got used to Sony Vaio which has full arrow keys and a smaller shift and an additional column of keys "Del, Home, PgUp, PgDown and End and now they discontinued the brand... I'm doomed. http://postimg.org/image/yt3kpzarx/ http://postimg.org/image/yt3kpzarx/
  - floatboth 11y ago
    You can remap Print Screen (or any key really) to anything you want in software. Home and End... Have you seen this keyboard? They're in the top right corner. Page Up/Down near the arrow keys is really nice.
    - leaveyou 11y ago
      They were not visible in the image posted by frik. I see them now. PgUp/Down are nice if they are "wherever you are used to look for them" but for some unknown reasons most brands keep making changes to the layout with every model. Another irritating trend is to make the touch pad unnecessarily big while the keyboard is crowded and pushed so close to the screen that you cover the lower part of it with your hands when you type.

by xendo 11y ago

I think you are looking for T460p http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes-thinkpad-lineup-at-ces http://www.anandtech.com/show/9889/lenovo-refreshes-thinkpad...

darklajid 11y ago

Thank you for that link. Now to convince management that a 3yo lowish T520 with a ~half-dead~ battery and constant thermal problems isn't exactly the best gear for your developers.. But at least I got time until February, until the T460p ships :)

babby 11y ago
Honestly I'd rather a t520 over this new Dell i7 e7450 latitude they have our developers using. The keyboard has... Fn key Home and End keys! Maximum cringe.
- sandGorgon 11y ago
  You can invert that in the bios.

frik 11y ago

Thanks for the pointer. It looks promising, except for the keyboard layout. WTF http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9889/T460.jpg http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9889/T460.jpg Can we please go back to IBM designed keyboard layout. The T410 had a very good keyboard, I want to keep such an layout :( I want my keys grouped together not such a mess. The F1-4, F5-F8, F7-F12 keys should be grouped. The Del, Home, Page Up/Down keys should be grouped. I want to be productive, not look at the keyboard the whole time... Edit: The T410 keyboard looked like this: http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-blhknq8/product_images/images/lenovo_t410_laptop_key.jpg http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-blhknq8/product_images/images/...

kitd 11y ago
I have a W530 and it looks very similar to this layout (Return key is over 2 rows though).
- floatboth 11y ago
  Usually, European keyboards have the weirdly shaped enter/return key that's over 2 rows, and US keyboards have a single-row return key.
  - mdellabitta 11y ago
    That "weirdly shaped enter/return key" is an ISO standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_9995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_9995
leaveyou 11y ago
I really don't understand what is their logic when they place a full Print Screen key (which I use 10 times a year at most) right between the Alt and Ctrl but the arrow keys are smaller and crowded and Home and End (which I use every time I edit something) are not even on the keyboard (or maybe there is some unhandy Fn+ shortcut?). WTF ? I got used to Sony Vaio which has full arrow keys and a smaller shift and an additional column of keys "Del, Home, PgUp, PgDown and End and now they discontinued the brand... I'm doomed. http://postimg.org/image/yt3kpzarx/ http://postimg.org/image/yt3kpzarx/
- floatboth 11y ago
  You can remap Print Screen (or any key really) to anything you want in software. Home and End... Have you seen this keyboard? They're in the top right corner. Page Up/Down near the arrow keys is really nice.
  - leaveyou 11y ago
    They were not visible in the image posted by frik. I see them now. PgUp/Down are nice if they are "wherever you are used to look for them" but for some unknown reasons most brands keep making changes to the layout with every model. Another irritating trend is to make the touch pad unnecessarily big while the keyboard is crowded and pushed so close to the screen that you cover the lower part of it with your hands when you type.