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Have you thought about finally adding a split ergonomic keyboard to a laptop instead of the standard slab?



That's a sick idea too! Wouldn't be too hard. I'll keep that in mind never thought of it before even though I've used my fair share.


There was a very old ThinkPad design that allowed the keyboard to take more space than the width of the laptop, but that was also bad old non-split layout

But at least not wasting existing left/ right side space and having a gap in the middle instead would be a nice start

Or maybe even get to the best of the portable/non-portable worlds: since the keyboard is wireless, you could detach 2 halves of the keyboard and place them on a desk at ergonomic shoulder distance

And this would allow you to also ergonomically position the laptop itself for a better screen position - vertical, just like your desktop monitor

ThinkPad: https://youtu.be/RRHFi_l9UR0


The 701 "butterfly"? It was cool for its time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_701




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