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Comment by syadegari | Hacker News Reader

It's good to see that the physical escape key is back!

The lack of it on 2016 mbp made me re-assign the caps-lock key to ESC, and in fact this is the correct place for it anyway - much more natural than as an extra F-key.

On every keyboard the escape key is at the top left.

Incorrect: https://catonmat.net/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys

The keyboard vim was designed for had ESC where tab is on modern keyboards.

As a Vim user, I'd highly recommend this to anyone — even if you have a physical ESC key.

Still no number pad though.

Why would you want two sets of number keys on the keyboard? Except for the case of one-handed exclusive numeric input.

The biggest problem with a number pad on a laptop, is it puts the rest of the keyboard off-center from the screen. No way around that I can think of.

> Why would you want two sets of number keys on the keyboard?

Because I (and other professionals) use them. What kind of question is that?

I hate number pads on laptops. They never quite match the layout of the number pad on a proper 101 key desktop keyboard. I can't ever actually touch type on them, and they shift the center of the letters part of the keyboard and the touchpad.

I'd much rather use a generic $10 USB number pad if I really had to do a bunch of data entry. Or sit down at a desk and use a full size monitor and keyboard for that task.

Well obviously, but again, why? Is it strictly for one handed data entry, or do you find it easier to move your hand from the home row to the numpad when entering a number mixed with text? (I.e., is it that common for touch typists to not touch type numbers on the top row?)

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