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Except for the off-center trackpad. Why is it so hard to find a PC laptop with a centered trackpad?
by coin 8y ago
Except for the off-center trackpad. Why is it so hard to find a PC laptop with a centered trackpad?
- symfoniq 8y agoThe ThinkPad P1 trackpad is centered.
- coin 8y agoIt looks slightly off center to the left https://www.lenovo.com/medias/Thinkpad-p1-hero.png?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MzExNTUzfGltYWdlL3BuZ3xoNTUvaDE3Lzk4MDMwMTI0MDczMjYucG5nfDNjNTc3MDBlZTRkZGJmMmQyZjRiYTFhNDMxNmE0Y2ZmNzEzM2EwN2M4ODQwNWVmNjhiNDY3MDJmNjkxZDVlMzk https://www.lenovo.com/medias/Thinkpad-p1-hero.png?context=b...
- bubblethink 8y agoThat's a nitpick. When people say off center, they mean numpad. And I can't tell from the render if it is even slightly off center. It's a render for one.
- coin 8y agoIt's off centered relative to the screen
- saagarjha 8y agoI think the rationale is that it should be centered with the spacebar or something like that. To me it just looks ugly.
- dshep 8y agoI hadn't ever noticed that, but it must be because of the trackpoint. The trackpoint is centered in between the home keys so you can reach it with your index fingers, mouse buttons below that for thumbs, and thus trackpad below buttons. The root issue is that the place you rest your hands on a qwerty keyboard is slightly left of center. Edit: now I can't unsee that MBP has its trackpad right of home key center :)
- ryanmonroe 8y agoWell, it has a thinkpad-sized trackpad directly under the home-key center, plus some extra area to the right ;)
- blipmusic 8y agoAdd lack of 16:10 screen to that. It's getting dumb. Is Apple buying up all laptop screens with this aspect ratio? Also, are non-Apple trackpads getting better? These two things are the biggest issues every time I ponder moving to Linux (Windows is not an option or I'd look at the Surface alternatives). The P1 does indeed look very interesting otherwise.
- nnq 8y agoHP spectre x360 has a centered trackpad... but I higly advice AGAINST this device for tons of other reasons (including the trackpad, btw, which is top-hinged-real-click and glass-made variety but it's still horrible).