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Lenovo is discounting ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II Bluetooth keyboard for $86. With coupon code
ACCEXTRA10 the price drops to $77.39. Seniors/military/education/first responders etc may also receive an extra 5% discount. This is the lowest price so far.
This keyboard is a second gen stand-alone ThinkPad TrackPoint keyboard. While the first gen is wired (not the ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint), this gen has a bluetooth/2.4G dual-mode, and is well received by critics. It's also compatible with macOS, flawlessly. One review in here:
https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews...eyboard-ii
Again, this keyboard is not for everyone. It's for specific groups of people, e.g. those who need to intensively type on a keyboard while move hands between the keyboard and mouse, or those who enjoy typing on a ThinkPad laptop keyboard. If you think it's too expensive, then you do not need it.
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/acce...4Y40X49493
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/acce...4Y40X49493
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That said. It is a unforgivable sin they moved from 7 row to 6, and for that I am not buying.
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I'm still tempted to pick up one of these for that use case even without either of those features (although I say that in part because the logitech K400+ that I'm currently using is just trash to type on, has weird key spacing, meh touchpad).
You weren't looking. They have wired version of those since ibm days. I have at least 3 in my collection.
That said. It is a unforgivable sin they moved from 7 row to 6, and for that I am not buying.
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Major complaints are the Fn and ctrl key locations and you are not able to swap them. Depending on how you like your function (lock), you might end up with a constant LED on the escape key. I personally had issues with the page up and down placement. Often times,I would end up hitting one of those by accident. But if you want the same layout as the laptop (for those that use on the go often) then you don't have to get used to multiple keyboard layouts.
Agreed - if they'd at least had the embedded numeric keypad option then there's a good chance I'd have gone for this nonetheless as I'm not as reliant upon the function keys as you apparently are. I cannot comprehend how they thought a keyboard designed for serious business users would fly without these features, though - obviously somebody didn't think this through.
That said. It is a unforgivable sin they moved from 7 row to 6, and for that I am not buying.
During covid when I started working from home, it was a tossup between this keyboard which just came out or the surface ergonomic keyboard. I ended up with the Microsoft surface because of ergonomics. I do wish there was a trackpoint so I don't have switch between keyboard and mouse, but oh well.
Major complaints are the Fn and ctrl key locations and you are not able to swap them. Depending on how you like your function (lock), you might end up with a constant LED on the escape key. I personally had issues with the page up and down placement. Often times,I would end up hitting one of those by accident. But if you want the same layout as the laptop (for those that use on the go often) then you don't have to get used to multiple keyboard layouts.
Ugh - good catch. I thought the proper placement of the CTRL key had long been settled. Why don't they ever learn?