[kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept

[Charles M]

We know the split keyboard is possible. It isn't what you had in mind, but
the ThinkPad 701c's butterfly keyboard split up to hide away when you
closed the laptop. Split and thin keyboard is possible. The laptop was
chunky, but every laptop was back then.

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 10:26 AM 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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