Thinkpads Forum

I want to have a keyboard with the red lines on the trackpoint left and right buttons on my t60.

On the old thinkpads there are red lines on the trackpoint left and right buttons (T43, etc.). Then they took them away (t60, x60, etc). Then they brought them back at least on some models (x200, x301). I am wondering if there are any t61 or t400 t500 w500 w700 models that had the red lines on these buttons.


The keyboard is interchangeable with the one for the t61 and t400 t500 w500 w700, which have different part #'s but look the same. (I know that there are current model t410's that have red lines but I think those buttons are different size and shape and won't fit the palmrest of the t60) I am using a nmb t61 keyboard right now.

I know that the x200 that I had, featured the red lines. I thought that the t series would have also featured them. Maybe only the x series had the red lines and the t series didn't. This is what I am trying to find out. I want to use a keyboard with the red lines on it because I use my machine at night when I am half asleep and the machine is far away from me, and I can't always see where the buttons are (when I am trying to find another movie to watch on netflix).

Any help is appreciated. If I can find out if it exists, then I can try to find the part numbers. THank you everyone.

There is not a T60-compatible keyboard with the red lines on the buttons, nor can one use a T43-era keyboard that lacks the Windows key. You're pretty much stuck with what you got. The only variations in T60-compatible keyboards are the manufacturers of the T60/61-era boards (different keyboard feel), and the later "swiss cheese" bendy models found in the T400.

You may consider putting some glow in the dark paint on the buttons. Or use the Thinklight.