I use a standing desk, and hence require a separate keyboard to go with my laptop for proper head & wrist position. I've been searching for a wireless thinkpad keyboard which is a replica of the T series keyboard (with touchpad & dedicated mouse buttons). It seems not many people ask for it and hence they don't make it. I've tried logitech & Microsoft's wireless keyboards, they aren't that much fun to use. Posting it here, in case some keyboard enthusiast has a recommendation I could try.
IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
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Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#42This guy went out of his way to buy something with a trackpoint? Surely this is a hoax.
Back in the late 90s I had a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420 with the green nipple mouse. It was by far better than any touchpad that came along until very recently. (If anybody knows the actual term other than "nipple mouse" please let me know).
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#43http://www.pckeyboard.com/ Unicomp is still keeping the glory days of the IBM Model M keyboard alive.
Ah, the Model M. Still have mine from 1990, used it for decades, and I would still be using it at home if it were not for the fact that it was so loud it woke up my newborn son sleeping in the other room. So I got a quieter keyboard (Realforce 87U that I picked up in Japan, very different key feeling but in a good way) and put the Model M in storage. My son is now 7 years old, loves Minecraft, and wants to learn prog…
if you got a real force to replace a buckling spring you didn't do your homework :)
torpe keys are louder than cherry, mostly because cherry you can use heavier key caps and dampening rubber all around. there are rumors of topre with dampening on the up motion, but even finding regular topre is already difficult enough (also imported mines from Japan, like you)
also, the feeling from tactile cherries are closer the bucking spring
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#44I use a standing desk, and hence require a separate keyboard to go with my laptop for proper head & wrist position. I've been searching for a wireless thinkpad keyboard which is a replica of the T series keyboard (with touchpad & dedicated mouse buttons). It seems not many people ask for it and hence they don't make it. I've tried logitech & Microsoft's wireless keyboards, they aren't that much fun to use. Posting it…
Why do you want a touchpad as part of your keyboard? Why does it need to be wireless?
A better alternative is to get a mechanical tenkeyless keyboard and a mouse or a 60% keyboard if that's still too big. Learn keyboard shortcuts so you can reduce your reliance on mice.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#45I use a standing desk, and hence require a separate keyboard to go with my laptop for proper head & wrist position. I've been searching for a wireless thinkpad keyboard which is a replica of the T series keyboard (with touchpad & dedicated mouse buttons). It seems not many people ask for it and hence they don't make it. I've tried logitech & Microsoft's wireless keyboards, they aren't that much fun to use. Posting it…
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Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#46There is a special place in hell reserved for the designer who swapped the function and control key placement on that keyboard. Thankfully you can change it in the bios.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#47Does no one remember the Butterfly keyboard on the 701? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_Butterfly_keyboar...
IBM did some creative (and useful!) things with the early Thinkpads. Remember the 755CD/V? You could pull the backlight off the LCD and strap the laptop to an overhead projector.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#48I use a standing desk, and hence require a separate keyboard to go with my laptop for proper head & wrist position. I've been searching for a wireless thinkpad keyboard which is a replica of the T series keyboard (with touchpad & dedicated mouse buttons). It seems not many people ask for it and hence they don't make it. I've tried logitech & Microsoft's wireless keyboards, they aren't that much fun to use. Posting it…
There's the UltraNav USB Keyboard [1] which is basically a clone of a 2008-era T series keyboard. The trackpad feels a little cramped compared to modern trackpads, and there's no Windows key, but it's still a very nice keyboard. Not wireless, though.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/IBM-UltraNav-Keyboard-Integrated-Point...
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#49http://www.pckeyboard.com/ Unicomp is still keeping the glory days of the IBM Model M keyboard alive.
Ah, the Model M. Still have mine from 1990, used it for decades, and I would still be using it at home if it were not for the fact that it was so loud it woke up my newborn son sleeping in the other room. So I got a quieter keyboard (Realforce 87U that I picked up in Japan, very different key feeling but in a good way) and put the Model M in storage. My son is now 7 years old, loves Minecraft, and wants to learn prog…
OT, but fun: For programming, run a spigot server with the scriptcraft plugin. Instant JavaScript fun inside minecraft!
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#50This guy went out of his way to buy something with a trackpoint? Surely this is a hoax.
Back in the late 90s I had a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420 with the green nipple mouse. It was by far better than any touchpad that came along until very recently. (If anybody knows the actual term other than "nipple mouse" please let me know).
I loved these nipples. Only Apple's trackpad is better than it.