Fully agreed, for me, with any size of laptop the presence of an integrated numpad is a real nuisance due to how it awkward it makes typing and trackpad usage.

Fully agreed, for me, with any size of laptop the presence of an integrated numpad is a real nuisance due to how it awkward it makes typing and trackpad usage. That said, there are times when numpads are useful. That’s why on my desktop, I have a discrete numpad sitting to the left of my keyboard, which allows the most used keys to remain centered. It would be neat if someone made a numpad module for these laptops that can plug into either side of the laptop, and then be tucked away when not in use. The little rails in the module bays should make typing on the numpad almost as solid as typing on the main keyboard.