Numeric Key Pad?

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Numeric Key Pad?

#1 Post by solidfoundations » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:07 pm

Does any one know if the numeric keypad to the right of the enter key is an option on the w's? This is an important option to me.

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Re: Numeric Key Pad?

#2 Post by Colonel O'Neill » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:02 am

They're not. There's a soft-keypad over the right side of the keyboard though.

USB keypads are available though, but you'd have to carry one around.
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Re: Numeric Key Pad?

#3 Post by davidhbrown » Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:24 pm

If you do go with a usb keypad, do consider Lenovo's. I found that with the garden-variety keypads I found in stores and most places online, there was too much variability among the cheap keys in when a keystroke would actually register. One would even double up certain digits! I had to always look up from the data to the screen, totally missing the point of being fast on 10-key. I returned three before keeping Lenovo's.
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