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The keyboard feel might be good according to the reviewer, but the layout (as with many other modern laptops) is poor: https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/

by scrlk 2y ago

The keyboard feel might be good according to the reviewer, but the layout (as with many other modern laptops) is poor: https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/7/8/csm_Vivobook-S-15-OLED_Product-photo_2S_Cool-Silver_12_16daed90ee.jpg https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/7/8/csm_... Manufacturers need to stop putting the power button on the keyboard deck, you're one fat finger away from turning off your laptop by accident. IMO, the old ThinkPad 7-row keyboard is still the gold standard.

zenethian 2y ago
I loathe this keyboard. Smashing a tiny tenkey onto there is just awful.
jitl 2y ago
The power button placement is a total non issue. It’s not like a single tap of the power button instantly powers off the laptop, usually it brings up a power menu with off/sleep/restart/logout options or locks the screen, and it takes a 5-second hold to hard power off.
- Kon-Peki 2y ago
  I've got a laptop that the kids spilled some milk on. For the first time ever (in my experience), removing the keyboard and cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol made things worse. But there are no spare keyboard assemblies available from the manufacturer or elsewhere, and eBay only has buy-it-now options for parts-donor laptops at prices exactly equal to flawless laptops. So now I have a perfectly fine (actually really nice) laptop with a malfunctioning keyboard that insists on constantly inserting phantom keypresses. My thought was to use the 3D printer at the library to create a new topcase and turn the thing into a SFF PC. Oh, well, except for that one thing: the power button is part of the keyboard assembly. So the whole thing is just e-waste now.
thefz 2y ago
> Manufacturers need to stop putting the power button on the keyboard deck, you're one fat finger away from turning off your laptop by accident. Action to take on power button press is configurable on every major OS, and to be honest very few people use it to turn the computer off.

by scrlk 2y ago

zenethian 2y ago

I loathe this keyboard. Smashing a tiny tenkey onto there is just awful.

jitl 2y ago

The power button placement is a total non issue. It’s not like a single tap of the power button instantly powers off the laptop, usually it brings up a power menu with off/sleep/restart/logout options or locks the screen, and it takes a 5-second hold to hard power off.

Kon-Peki 2y ago
I've got a laptop that the kids spilled some milk on. For the first time ever (in my experience), removing the keyboard and cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol made things worse. But there are no spare keyboard assemblies available from the manufacturer or elsewhere, and eBay only has buy-it-now options for parts-donor laptops at prices exactly equal to flawless laptops. So now I have a perfectly fine (actually really nice) laptop with a malfunctioning keyboard that insists on constantly inserting phantom keypresses. My thought was to use the 3D printer at the library to create a new topcase and turn the thing into a SFF PC. Oh, well, except for that one thing: the power button is part of the keyboard assembly. So the whole thing is just e-waste now.

thefz 2y ago

> Manufacturers need to stop putting the power button on the keyboard deck, you're one fat finger away from turning off your laptop by accident. Action to take on power button press is configurable on every major OS, and to be honest very few people use it to turn the computer off.