Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
There is! With a programmable (preferably grid-layout) keyboard, you can have a numpad accessible from the homerow.
Edit: I do realize this can be inconvenient at times, but I primarily use an external keyboard with my laptop.
Then make the split keyboard ergonomic, like ergodox, and add a trackpoint.
Sadly, likely too radical for a business laptop.
Completely baseless but it's all I think of when I see it. Just looks like a snobby laptop.
I think it's largely because of the brand stickers.