I don't hate the one on my 2010 Macbook Pro.
hell, if we're throwing in luggables I guess I'll vote Dolch :))
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I use a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 and its keyboard isn't as bad as other laptops I've tried. I've heard the older Thinkpads had better keyboards, does anyone have experience with them?
You can feel the depressing and it's thin enough for the sake of the laptop itself.
ugh, just imagine, like typing on a touchscreenYou can feel the depressing and it's thin enough for the sake of the laptop itself.
I do wonder about this new "butterfly" switch though. The hands-on report I read said it had almost no key travel. That could be kind of awful.
ugh, just imagine, like typing on a touchscreenYou can feel the depressing and it's thin enough for the sake of the laptop itself.
I do wonder about this new "butterfly" switch though. The hands-on report I read said it had almost no key travel. That could be kind of awful.
TBH if everyone got used to no tactile feedback typing, I feel like we'd be able to type faster than right now.
Just a thought.
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 and its keyboard isn't as bad as other laptops I've tried. I've heard the older Thinkpads had better keyboards, does anyone have experience with them?
The older Thinkpads (I had a T60) had keyboards made in either Thailand or Malaysia (can't remember which) and were quite nice. The slightly newer iterations are made in China (e.g. X20x) and are not quite as solid feeling (keys seem slightly looser/less consistent).
I have no idea what's happened to the current crop of Thinkpads which seem to have moved to the chiclet style- can anyone comment?
TBH if everyone got used to no tactile feedback typing, I feel like we'd be able to type faster than right now.
Just a thought.
What are you basing that on? Losing touch feedback doesn't exactly sound condusive to good touch-typing.
Right now with a real keyboard you have feedback on 2-3 senses: sight (seeing the character you typed), sound, and touch (feeling the key travel of the key you touched). When you start typing without tactile feedback on a glass screen, you also lose the ability for your fingers to orient themselves on the home row.
That's a good point, I guess some sort of tactile feedback without the need to press button down would be the fastest way to type?
I don't hate the one on my 2010 Macbook Pro.
I don't hate the one on my 2010 Macbook Pro.
That era MacBook Pro has quite a good keyboard, for a laptop.
When they slimmed it down a couple of years later, it became much more shallow, less tactile, and less enjoyable as a result. Feels similar to MacBook Air now.
I really liked the keyboard on a Lenovo that I'm not sure they still make. I think it was a G510, though I suspect other models used it too. There's so many Lenovo models it's hard to tell.
I thought this one was pretty cool:It is really cool. I hated typing on it though. Keys are way too stiff for my taste.
I have a Thinkpad W530, and its easily the best laptop keyboard I've encountered so far... I actually prefer it to the older thinkpads except for the layout. The worst ones I've tried are the ones in Sony Vaio S and HP elitebook or probook (forgot which of them I tried). MacBook pros are okish but I liked the old PowerBooks keyboard better
I have a Thinkpad W530, and its easily the best laptop keyboard I've encountered so far... I actually prefer it to the older thinkpads except for the layout. The worst ones I've tried are the ones in Sony Vaio S and HP elitebook or probook (forgot which of them I tried). MacBook pros are okish but I liked the old PowerBooks keyboard better
I also have a W530 at work.
I love the crispiness and the tactility of the keyboard it has. I usually wasn't very fond of laptop keyboards because of the short travel the keys had and the fact that most of them felt mushy, but the one on the W530 amply compensates. Also the track point, I never understood it before, but now, I use it most of the time, with the mouse used only for excel work.
Which laptops have your favorite keyboards? It seems as laptops get thinner and thinner that keyboards are getting worse and worse...I would have to say ThinkPad, especially the old IBM style, although the chiclet style Lenovo's aren't bad, at least in terms of tactility. I don't like the layout though. HP ProBook and EliteBook keyboards are decent, as are MacBook Pro and older MacBook Air keyboards (I have the original 2008 model and the keyboard is pretty good). The newer MacBook Air keyboards are crap as they have almost no key travel.
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 and its keyboard isn't as bad as other laptops I've tried. I've heard the older Thinkpads had better keyboards, does anyone have experience with them?I'm typing on one as we speak. Personally I prefer the older style, especially in terms of layout. Tactility is similar, but the older style sounds more solid (a low thump) whereas the new chiclets have a higher pitched sound (thunk). Still miles ahead of most laptop keyboards with their "snap" sounds.
The older Thinkpads (I had a T60) had keyboards made in either Thailand or Malaysia (can't remember which) and were quite nice. The slightly newer iterations are made in China (e.g. X20x) and are not quite as solid feeling (keys seem slightly looser/less consistent).I agree about the lack of consistency, although it's still by far my favourite laptop keyboard. Even on the same keyboard, my Esc key feels mushier than the rest, while the Fn key is a lot more tactile. I don't have anything older than my X220 so I can't compare with the supposedly superior earlier versions.
I have no idea what's happened to the current crop of Thinkpads which seem to have moved to the chiclet style- can anyone comment?
I don't hate the one on my 2010 Macbook Pro.I find even the current model MacBook Pro keyboards are ok. They still have decent key travel, unlike the new MacBook Air keyboards. I just don't know how long that will last though, as the industry is moving towards thinner and thinner keyboards with no travel, even for desktop keyboards!