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> I cannot switch to keyboard without standard Insert/Delete/Home/End set Learn the alternative shortcut keys. You can keep your hands closer to / on the home
by driverdan 10y ago
> I cannot switch to keyboard without standard Insert/Delete/Home/End set
Learn the alternative shortcut keys. You can keep your hands closer to / on the home row instead of reaching across the keyboard.
> not to mention losing the Ultrabay flexibility
How often do you swap drives? I haven't used optical media for 5+ years.
- keldaris 10y agoSwapping hard drives and batteries is much more useful. It's also nice that you can take your optical drive, which seemed indispensable a decade ago, and replace it with something useful today.
- dkuntz2 10y agoI have a coworker who uses an old thinkpad, and he's swapped out the optical drive with another battery.
- NikolaNovak 10y ago- I have more than one keyboard and more than one computer/laptop:). The new thinkpads have non-standard home-row placement. All my external keyboards have standard home-row placement. If I ONLY used Thinkpads, I agree that getting used to their quirks would be viable (certainly explains the vehemence of certain brands;). However, the non-standard home-row patterns of new Thinkpads make them an unwelcome part of my ecosystem. - I swap drives once or twice a month these days; used to do it more often. Main usage pattern was day/work and night/personal computer - by swapping the drive, my work "computer" had no personal stuff or data; my personal "computer" had no work stuff or data:). Secondary usage pattern is easy transfer of large amount of data - for example, I may have 300GB of photos to process for a wedding on one drive that I put in the ultrabay to process via Lightroom.