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patton73 · #1 Post by **patton73** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:27 am

I was wondering if they will provide also keyboards without the useless "windows" key.

More, is the keyboard quality the same as the old IBM t42/t43 keyboards?

Bashar · #2 Post by **Bashar** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:59 am

where did you see the W500 keyboard ? if you can share the image for it

i have T42P would it differ alot on the new W500 to me?

qviri · #3 Post by **qviri** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:18 am

patton73 wrote:I was wondering if they will provide also keyboards without the useless "windows" key.

No.

patton73 wrote:More, is the keyboard quality the same as the old IBM t42/t43 keyboards?

We'll probably have to wait until machines are actually released (if only for review) before we'll be able to tell.

arlab · #4 Post by **arlab** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:29 pm

Will the new Thinkpads' keyboards be compatible with the older ones?

MadCap · #5 Post by **MadCap** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:19 pm

W500 got "standard" ThinkPad keyboard - just like any other T6x.

#6 Post by **archer6** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:26 pm

Bashar wrote:i have T42P would it differ alot on the new W500 to me?

In my opinion the T42p is one of the finest ThinkPad T series ever. I still have mine and it's a fantastic model. I like it much better than the T43p I had.

pingyuan · #7 Post by **pingyuan** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:29 am

you can buy a sk-8845 travel keyboard without win key

First Light · #8 Post by **First Light** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:09 pm

Is there a reason to think the keyboard would be any different than previous keyboards?

awolfe63 · #9 Post by **awolfe63** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:08 pm

Actually - it is mushier.

Reviewers indicate that it has been drilled out to save weight.

First Light · #10 Post by **First Light** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:16 pm

awolfe63 wrote: Actually - it is mushier.

Is this your experience? Do you have one?

awolfe63 · #11 Post by **awolfe63** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:23 pm

Got mine this morning. So - only a few thousand keystrokes of experience - but real experience.

Pocket Aces · #12 Post by **Pocket Aces** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:43 pm

The windows key is pretty handy in Vista, since the start menu lets you type your search keyword right away.

patton73 · #13 Post by **patton73** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:00 am

awolfe63 wrote:Got mine this morning. So - only a few thousand keystrokes of experience - but real experience.

My god.
Windows key + crappy keyboard material.

There is something wrong here.

Why do they need to save weight from the keyboard?
why don't they use hi-tech materials to save weight instead of ruining the MAIN feature of the thinkpads?

I must touch it before decide to buy.

dickeywang · #14 Post by **dickeywang** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:38 am

Pocket Aces wrote:The windows key is pretty handy in Vista, since the start menu lets you type your search keyword right away.

I found the Windows key useful in Ubuntu Linux too, I configured in a way so that it brings up some of the 3D Compiz features.

jmshep · #15 Post by **jmshep** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:41 am

This issue is being discussed over in T400/T500 forum in the following threads:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=66559
and
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=66129

eelton (thanks!)

provided a link to buy a non-mushy T60 MNB US Eng keyboard, which is repeated here for convenience sake:

http://www.upgradebay.com/c1_itemdetail ... =168713627

I went ahead and ordered one "just in case."
I don't know yet if I'll hate the keyboard on my W500, but I figured that $55.00 was pretty cheap insurance, and the way Lenovo shipping is going, the keyboard will arrive before my W500 does.

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