Are all the keyboards of all the thinkpads same?

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rmk · #1 Post by **rmk** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:13 pm

I want to buy a thinkpad with the legendary keyboard everyone is talking about. It would help my cause if the R series has the same keyboard coz it is much cheaper.

Thanks!

goofyGAguy · #2 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:19 pm

No, they're not all the same. For example, for the T and R series, 14" and 15" screen models have different keyboards.

rmk · #3 Post by **rmk** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:21 pm

will I be able to replace the 14" R series keyboard with the T series keyboard? Can I buy this component separately?

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Agotthelf · #4 Post by **Agotthelf** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:36 am

See this thread for a fully comparison of availible keyboards.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ps+chicony
T Series an R Series are the same.

Greets

fschwep · #5 Post by **fschwep** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:53 am

The thread mentioned tells most of it. It seems that the language version is also an important factor. I have a T42 with Dutch keyboard and it is one of the famous NMBs. So are the UK English keyboards on my X30 and X31 (the X3x series apparently all have NMB keyboards, and it's true that they are excellent).

kunfuchopsticks · #6 Post by **kunfuchopsticks** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:13 pm

I have a NMB keyboard. I thought it would he tactile and super clicky, but no.

asiafish · #7 Post by **asiafish** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:52 pm

The NMB keyboard on my R60 is much better than the Chicony on my T42.

graywolf · #8 Post by **graywolf** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:02 pm

rmk wrote:I want to buy a thinkpad with the legendary keyboard everyone is talking about. It would help my cause if the R series has the same keyboard coz it is much cheaper.

Thanks!

Not exactly answering your post, however the old 750C I had had a much better keyboard than any new computer I have come across. It was a lot better than the one on my X24. So, in general, the older the computer the better the keyboard. Of course not everyone likes the same things in a keyboard.

Are all the keyboards of all the thinkpads same?

Are all the keyboards of all the thinkpads same?

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