"Awful" would be a kind description of this keyboard. The bottom two rows are aligned, which is the new anti-ANSI laptop trend. Page up and down are now Fn keys. Insert is a function key. PrtSc is long gone. F key font is miniscule. F keys are no longer grouped (unless you count that tiny fillet as a grouping). I'm willing to bet they still haven't added Alt+MicMute as an alias to Alt+F4 (since virtually nobody in the history of computing has needed a keyboard modifier with the MicMute button). Delete is awkwardly wide. Control is sunken in so you can't press it with the outside of your hand anymore. Up and down arrows share one over-wide key. These look like low-travel chiclets. Of course it has Microsoft branding.
I'm willing to bet the ISO variant of this machine is even dumber, with that key that rides right up against Enter.
I hate the Trackpoint. I shed no tears if it goes. It isn't a pleasant experience in Linux and doesn't save any time over keyboard and touchpad, and the entire subsystem is just more crap to debug and waste energy. On the other hand, the ThinkPad keyboard is the only laptop input I consider decent for heavy terminal use and programming.
...as far as copying Apple? At least Apple had the decency to ditch differently sized arrow key pairs. Unless Lenovo offers large gamut IPS or more than 2 watts of speakers or anything at all special, this is "just another" PC laptop.
I'm willing to bet the ISO variant of this machine is even dumber, with that key that rides right up against Enter.
I hate the Trackpoint. I shed no tears if it goes. It isn't a pleasant experience in Linux and doesn't save any time over keyboard and touchpad, and the entire subsystem is just more crap to debug and waste energy. On the other hand, the ThinkPad keyboard is the only laptop input I consider decent for heavy terminal use and programming.
...as far as copying Apple? At least Apple had the decency to ditch differently sized arrow key pairs. Unless Lenovo offers large gamut IPS or more than 2 watts of speakers or anything at all special, this is "just another" PC laptop.