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New Lenovo Thinkpad Laptops Will Ditch The Classic Keyboard

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:01 AM

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#2 QUADICON

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 06:32 AM

This is going to be a bad move. Those ugly flay keys aren't user friendly at all.

After just securing 2nd place as one of the largest computer sellers, you are making a move that si going to drive you right back down.

Why fix something that isn't broke by breaking it?

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 06:51 AM

I see carpal tunnel on the rise!

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:01 AM

I will reserve judgment, until I try the new keyboard.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:44 AM

Not a fan.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:44 AM

I can not understand when people comments without trying...
I use ThinkPad since 1997 and for the last 6 month new X1. This keyboard is the best ergonomic solution in keyboards that I have seen...
Try before judging and thumbs up Lenovo!

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 04:08 PM

Stick to the classics. I also do hope that the design won't be changed. Slap in Ivy Bridge and keep the rest of the ThinkPad we all love

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 09:44 PM

For the author: "A photo of the upcoming ThinkPad X230 posted on the Lenovo forums plainly shows an AccuType keyboard being used instead of the tradition one." - The picture was removed by the forum admin.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:57 AM

QUADICON, on 23 April 2012 - 06:32 AM, said:

Have you even used the new keyboard? I have! On the X100e. And you know what? It blows the old keyboard out of the water. Lenovo made a smart move. They are keeping ahead of the curve, cementing their place as having "the best keyboard you will ever use in a laptop".

If you actually tried new things with an open mind instead of blasting everything with your ignorance, you may learn to appreciate these improvements when they come along.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 05:35 AM

I have used two Thinkpad models, the T42 and the T60 at work, and I own a Lenovo 3000 Series Y410 at home. All of them have decent key feel, but the Thinkpad T series is much more accurate than the Y410, which frequently erases typing because it interprets key input at times as a cut and paste operation, which is wrong. I hope the new keyboards are closer to the Thinkpad T series in operation than the 3000 series; there is a significant difference between them.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:55 PM

It wouldn't matter at all to me, since I use an external keyboard identical to that which I use on my desktop computer. Being a touch typist, I find that using identical keyboards is vital, and I couldn't care less what the default keyboard is on my notebook.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:17 PM

I have a Lenovo z560 for home use and I have used the Tpads for business use. I do prefer the tpads keyboards to my z560. Typo errors are more evident for the peronsal device. I too feel this is a bad move for Lenovo to just be more like the competition. The current keyboard is what set them apart from the rest and defined them as a leader.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 10:56 PM

mrlee1999, on 29 April 2012 - 08:17 PM, said:

The keyboard on the ThinkPads are a solid step up from the ideapads. Don't walk into a TP with the mindset that the keyboard will be anything like that of the z series machine at all. I have this new style board on my X100, and it is freaking nice.

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Posted 02 May 2012 - 11:32 AM

I'll reserve judgment until I have to type on one. They need to know though that decent isn't good enough.

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 02:04 AM

Just don't tell me that the track point is being dropped. In fact, what I have been waiting for is a keyboard with two track points, not one in the middle, but one to be accessed by left index finger, another for the right. Sure would quicken my typing and mousing.