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Yikes that keyboard. Small right-shift key, weird narrow numpad, off-center trackpad. Do people actually like that kind of layout? It seems pretty awful to m
by wffurr 6y ago
Yikes that keyboard. Small right-shift key, weird narrow numpad, off-center trackpad.
Do people actually like that kind of layout? It seems pretty awful to me. I'd prefer no numpad at all and a full size shift key with half-height arrow keys.
If I want a numpad, that's what desktop keyboards are for, or a USB numpad.
- marshray 6y agoI have a laptop with that basically that exact same keyboard. It's not too bad. In practice, I find the flush surface hidden mouse buttons to be more problematic. I would never want a numeric keypad on a laptop, but apparently it's a selling feature and it's near impossible to find a larger-screen laptop without one. I find whether minor things like the off-center trackpad bug me tends to reflect more about my current state of mind than anything else.
- bityard 6y agoFor the last 20 years, "has a numpad" has been one my qualifying criteria for buying a laptop. I need a numpad, because I type long-ish numbers into my computer all the time. IP addresses, phone numbers, and simple arithmetic problems are probably my top three uses. If I had to suffer with only a number row on a day-to-day basis, I'm sure I'd have some kind of RSI by now. The number row is too far away from the home keys to be of more than occasional use.
- marshray 6y agoThe num pad is much farther away from the home row than the number keys, which touch typists reach without needing to move hand position.