Comments on: Annoyance: Bad Laptop Keyboards

By: mrBen

mrBen — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:18:06 +0000

I have an IBM (Lenovo now) Thinkpad T41. AFAIK all Thinkpads have full keyboards (and no Windows key)

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:23:34 +0000

I’m looking to buy a notebook with the keys in all the right places (I like using the insert-home-delete… keys without looking) so I searched the web and found this post. Can you guys tell me the models of your laptops? Thanks.

By: cmn

cmn — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:59:27 +0000

My Compaq had (still has, but it’s no longer my compaq) a great keyboard which I loved because it had the keys in the same position as a ‘normal’ keyboard.
My current laptop has a setup like your wife’s (the PgUp/Down, Home/End are on the spaces left by the arrow keys), but I don’t find it that bad. With this layout I can use those keys keeping my hand much closer to the home position.
What I can’t stand are those that have the extra keys on the side going down.

By: Noelinho

Noelinho — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:45:09 +0000

You are quite right. I also cannot stand most laptop keyboards. The biggest problem I find is that I’m used to a slanted keyboard, though it is incredibly annoying that there is no standard way of laying out the keys past the standard letters and numbers.