I really don't understand the numpad-less trend of fashionable keyboards. OK, I've read all the answers so far, in the hope that somebody had told you before,

I really don't understand the numpad-less trend of fashionable keyboards. OK, I've read all the answers so far, in the hope that somebody had told you before, but no! I don't use the numpad, so it's useless to me. But does it harm? In the case of these keyboards, not so much, except for the reason others have already explained of more distance for the mouse. I can live with it, but my next keyboard will be numpad-less for sure. If we talk about laptops, that's a different story. Numpads for those are terrible, for me anyway. They shift the center of the hands, that is between G and H, from the center of the laptop and thus the center of the screen, so your hands are in an unnatural position. If you center an external wide keyboard, you get the same effect. I don't, but I try to use the GH line... "try" because the push from the mouse always tend to move it to the left. So now you know, for some of us it's not a question of fashion, but usability :)