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0 pointscodethief4y ago0 comments

You either have never tried a ThinkPad prior to the W530 (i.e. more than 10 years ago, when they significantly changed the keyboard for the first time) or you haven't used one of the "next-gen" models with "next-gen" keyboards that they have been building ever since and that get worse with every iteration.

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hef198984y ago

I have used as far back as 15 years ago, have a back up one that is 5 years old (?), privately a X1 Extreme Gen 2 and a company L13. No significant difference in keyboards, all of those are, or were, great. Especially compared to HP or Dell. Not to speak about Asus...

Beltalowda4y ago

I agree; the keyboards are fine. I do dislike the layout changes they've made compared to the "classic" keyboards, but it's still better than most layouts out there (and they fixed some design mistakes in the first iterations of it).

bodge50004y ago

I haven't used any of the current-gen thinkpads, but the x250 (thats probably the most recent I've used) from 2016 has a very nice keyboard

einpoklum4y ago

Then you really need to try one of the X200's, X210's or X220's. Then you'll get my rant.

bitwize4y ago

I have a T450 from 2014 or so. Its keyboard is worse than my T510 (old keyboard), but still quite a bit better than other laptop keyboards.

mtreis864y ago

Peaked with the x220

asddubs4y ago

tbh I never minded the chiclet keyboard on the newer thinkpads, and I do also still use a W500

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