X1 Carbon Gen 9: Lenovo has to be careful with the ThinkPad keyboard

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22 pointscodewiz4 comments

Key Travel at 1.5mm is still bearable.

Somehow Apple think 0.7mm was good, and then went to 1mm after the butterfly fiasco.

I still dont understand why the whole industry is moving their keyboard to literally no key travel distance.

Shorter key travel = thinner laptop

or more space for other things, say thicker battery

It's not all just about travel. Keyfeel is important too. If I had a mushy keyboard, I'd certainly trade some travel for more snappy hysteresis.