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I'm looking at the new Thinkpad P1 and it's everything I hoped the last Macbook Pro update would be.

Way things are going I'll be very surprised if my next machine is a Macbook when my 2015 needs replacing.

Imagine that, it even has all the ports one would expect on a professional's computer. It's going to be hard to give up macOS but Apple is too obsessed with aesthetics. Design can only ever be as good as function and if you sacrifice function for design then it's a failed design.

Except for the off-center trackpad. Why is it so hard to find a PC laptop with a centered trackpad?

The ThinkPad P1 trackpad is centered.

It looks slightly off center to the left https://www.lenovo.com/medias/Thinkpad-p1-hero.png?context=b...

That's a nitpick. When people say off center, they mean numpad. And I can't tell from the render if it is even slightly off center. It's a render for one.

It's off centered relative to the screen

I think the rationale is that it should be centered with the spacebar or something like that. To me it just looks ugly.

I hadn't ever noticed that, but it must be because of the trackpoint. The trackpoint is centered in between the home keys so you can reach it with your index fingers, mouse buttons below that for thumbs, and thus trackpad below buttons. The root issue is that the place you rest your hands on a qwerty keyboard is slightly left of center.

Edit: now I can't unsee that MBP has its trackpad right of home key center :)

Well, it has a thinkpad-sized trackpad directly under the home-key center, plus some extra area to the right ;)

Add lack of 16:10 screen to that. It's getting dumb. Is Apple buying up all laptop screens with this aspect ratio? Also, are non-Apple trackpads getting better?

These two things are the biggest issues every time I ponder moving to Linux (Windows is not an option or I'd look at the Surface alternatives). The P1 does indeed look very interesting otherwise.

HP spectre x360 has a centered trackpad... but I higly advice AGAINST this device for tons of other reasons (including the trackpad, btw, which is top-hinged-real-click and glass-made variety but it's still horrible).

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