[kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept

[CrankyOldBugger]

The iFixit nerds seem to like it:

https://www.reviewgeek.com/93174/ifixit-calls-frameworks-new-laptop-almost-perfect/



On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 10:26, Steve Izma <sizma at golden.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:22:12AM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept
> >
> > I have pestered these people at least 3 times to find a way to embrace a
> > TRACKPOINT-equipped keyboard. No dice, no response.
> > My soul dies every day knowing that this is my heir-apparent to
> > the classic Thinkpads, but always out of reach, 'cause no
> > trackpoint.
> > Weep with me.
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I will, indeed. The Framework laptop looks very good in all other
> respects, so I'll be keeping an eye on it.
>
> I've been using the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for the last year
> or so -- it's a split keyboard meant for typing everything
> without your fingers leaving the home row (so it has no
> out-of-reach function-key row). When I ordered it two years ago I
> included the trackpoint option, but that took a long time to
> develop and I only received it last week. Scroll down on their
> home page: <https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/>. Obviously it's
> a module that will only work on a split keyboard. For this kind
> of thing to work for a laptop, I think it would need to be a
> tablet-like design with a detachable, split keyboard.
>
> The UHT keyboard, and all other split keyboards I've seen, are
> too bulky and heavy to be conveniently portable, unfortunately.
> In all other respects, the UHT is so well built that it will
> probably last seven generations.
>
>     -- Steve
>
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