Do you really use the numeric keypad? I have an impression, probably wrong one, that they are only used by accountants and take too much space on the table.
As far as I'm concerned it has yet to be matched, let alone beat. These days nobody puts the function keys on the left--I can reliably touch-type function keys on the left, I can't reliably touch-type function keys on top.
Also, the ability to switch around ctrl/alt/caps-lock is very nice. I might use caps lock once a year, putting it down by the space bar doesn't matter. Ctrl and Alt I use a lot, they're much easier to touch-type in the shifted positions.
Please, somebody, reincarnate the king!!
I set mine that way back in 1991 when I first bought it, and it has remained that way since.
And Northgate supplied a key puller, and two alternate keycaps, so that when one flipped the DIP switch, one could also swap the keycaps so they were actually properly labeled for their function.
If I'm just typing in a few digits (say the number code for an address) not so much.