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> I like and quickly readjust to my old ThinkPad's 7-row layout for laptops, but don't always have that available.

This is a hill I would die on: wth did Lenovo ruin the greatest laptop keyboard is beyond me.

The lack of the 7th row mades many of my go-to shortcuts unwieldy (Winkey + Pause/Break) or impossible; e.g., ALT+codes for non-Latin characters.

I shouldn't have to open charmap.exe to get a stinkin' em dash.

/rant

My workstation keyboard is a Ducky One with MX Browns and doubled bumper rings ... but I already have leds dying after two years <sadface>. fwiw, I'm interested in a Topre or Topre style key action for my next primary keyboard, whenever that happens. /aamof, I'm going now to comb the comments for any specific mention of those.../



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