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keyboard?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:27 am
by patton73
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?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:59 am
by Bashar
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?
Re: keyboard?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:18 am
by qviri
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:29 pm
by arlab
Will the new Thinkpads' keyboards be compatible with the older ones?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:19 pm
by MadCap
W500 got "standard" ThinkPad keyboard - just like any other T6x.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:26 pm
by archer6
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:29 am
by pingyuan
you can buy a sk-8845 travel keyboard without win key
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:09 pm
by First Light
Is there a reason to think the keyboard would be any different than previous keyboards?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:08 pm
by awolfe63
Actually - it is mushier.
Reviewers indicate that it has been drilled out to save weight.
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:16 pm
by First Light
awolfe63 wrote: Actually - it is mushier.
Is this your experience? Do you have one?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:23 pm
by awolfe63
Got mine this morning. So - only a few thousand keystrokes of experience - but real experience.
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:43 pm
by Pocket Aces
The windows key is pretty handy in Vista, since the start menu lets you type your search keyword right away.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:00 am
by patton73
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:38 am
by dickeywang
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:41 am
by jmshep
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.
