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Regarding your complaint of rocking keyboards. I went and checked my ol' T60 and by god, do T60's keys rock like a drunk sailor. But it's universally regarded

Regarding your complaint of rocking keyboards. I went and checked my ol' T60 and by god, do T60's keys rock like a drunk sailor. But it's universally regarded as one of the best laptop keyboards available.

iaskwhy 15y ago
I'm pretty sure it's easy to find a bad keyboard, I was just never that unlucky until now I guess. The problem is not only that they bounce but that if I press either the top or the bottom I feel that it might break the key. I believe the MacBook Air is universally regarded as one of the best screens available for a laptop but on a recent poll here more than 50% of the comments said they zoomed in all the time so I tend not to care much about what is universally said and more about how I feel about it. It's good to know how people feel about something but I can't make it my word until I try it myself. Edit: Also because I might be looking for something else than the majority of people, I don't know, just thinking out loud now because I like that topic a lot!
iaskwhy 15y ago
I'm replying to you again but with a different view. Is the T60 keyboard the same as the X200? Because it's what I am using now and it's an amazing keyboard. This is important because if you say these keys move a lot then we are definitely not talking about the same feeling, probably because I can't explain myself much better. My only problem with the X200 keyboard it the documents keys near the arrow keys, even after almost one year working on a X200 everyday I still hit them. It used to be so good when the arrow keys were a little bit apart from the main layout of the keyboard. I do love my Sony Vaio for that.
- DuncanIdaho 15y ago
  Oh, I didn't mean to imply that its not good keyboard. I love Thinkpad keyboards I even profess my love publicly (http://www.janezstupar.com/the-best-keyboard-for-programmers http://www.janezstupar.com/the-best-keyboard-for-programmers). There are two major beefs with Thinkpad keyboards. First the positioning of fn key and lack of option to remap it is inexcusable. Second the page keys you mentioned.
  - iaskwhy 15y ago
    Yes! The fn key is so annoying there. I didn't mention it because it seems like that's the standard now, so wrong...

iaskwhy 15y ago

I'm pretty sure it's easy to find a bad keyboard, I was just never that unlucky until now I guess. The problem is not only that they bounce but that if I press either the top or the bottom I feel that it might break the key. I believe the MacBook Air is universally regarded as one of the best screens available for a laptop but on a recent poll here more than 50% of the comments said they zoomed in all the time so I tend not to care much about what is universally said and more about how I feel about it. It's good to know how people feel about something but I can't make it my word until I try it myself. Edit: Also because I might be looking for something else than the majority of people, I don't know, just thinking out loud now because I like that topic a lot!

iaskwhy 15y ago

I'm replying to you again but with a different view. Is the T60 keyboard the same as the X200? Because it's what I am using now and it's an amazing keyboard. This is important because if you say these keys move a lot then we are definitely not talking about the same feeling, probably because I can't explain myself much better. My only problem with the X200 keyboard it the documents keys near the arrow keys, even after almost one year working on a X200 everyday I still hit them. It used to be so good when the arrow keys were a little bit apart from the main layout of the keyboard. I do love my Sony Vaio for that.

DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that its not good keyboard. I love Thinkpad keyboards I even profess my love publicly (http://www.janezstupar.com/the-best-keyboard-for-programmers http://www.janezstupar.com/the-best-keyboard-for-programmers). There are two major beefs with Thinkpad keyboards. First the positioning of fn key and lack of option to remap it is inexcusable. Second the page keys you mentioned.
- iaskwhy 15y ago
  Yes! The fn key is so annoying there. I didn't mention it because it seems like that's the standard now, so wrong...