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The keyboard is the main reason i stick with my X220i, even though it's getting a bit long in the tooth and somewhat challenged in the CPU department. I certain

The keyboard is the main reason i stick with my X220i, even though it's getting a bit long in the tooth and somewhat challenged in the CPU department. I certainly don't get anywhere near the rated uptime out of a battery, since it's working the CPU a lot harder now than with 2011-era software. Still, the build quality and keyboard are absolutely second to none. Hardware- and build quality-wise the best laptop ever made. It's 7 years old, and the hinge is still as tight and smooth as a new one. I wish I had gotten one of the full-size desktop Thinkpad-style USB keyboards, back when they still made them.

sevensor 8y ago
> I wish I had gotten one of the full-size desktop Thinkpad-style USB keyboards, back when they still made them. They stopped? That's a shame, I was hoping they'd work out their quality issues. I really liked mine except that it seldom registered the letter j. Which was a real problem for me as a vi user. Not to mention typing passwords. I have the endura pro now, mainly for the pointing stick, but I find that the implementation is nowhere near as good as trackpoint. Also the endura pro seems to draw a heck of a lot of current.
- KozmoNau7 8y ago
  Yeah, now they only make one with the new chiclet keyboard, and only as a compact model, with no numeric keypad. They used to make one with the old-style Thinkpad keys, with a full 104/105-key layout, trackpoint and touchpad. I've been using a Logitech Ultra Flat for almost a decade now, and while it seems to be holding up fine, it won't last forever (unlike a Thinkpad keyboard).