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The Lenovo Trackpoint Keyboard II[1] is the best, by several nautical miles, couch input device on the planet.

1: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/accessories-and-software/keyb...

have you tried the shinobi? because I replaced my lenovo from your link (it's not terrible, but isn't what I am used to from older thinkpads) with a tex shinobi, and despite it costing more than 300€ (incl bluetooth extension) to have it imported, I have no regrets. using the shinobi sparks joy, the lenovo one does not. of course ymmv

The Logitech K400 Plus [1] is a solid contender in the couch-service class IMO. It has a left click button on the top left of the keyboard and a trackpad on the right, such that you can swipe on the touchpad with your right thumb and click with your left thumb. [2] Very natural and intuitive ergonomically, but most importantly for me in college it was both indestructible and cheap.

[1]: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/1357323

[2]: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/multiple_images/images50...

Have been trying to buy one of these in UK English layout but it has been unavailable for over a month at least. Anyone know what gives?

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/p/accessories-and-software/keyb...

Terrible Keyboard taste, i have several Thinkpads but the "new" Keyboard is really nothing you can brag about...

Ive been daily driving my TP KII for a while, coming form the original usb. I hope the TP KIII has backlight keys. Absolutely fantastic keyboard for most things I need. I have a Mechanical at the other end of the desk for when I need "something else".

I actually upgraded from this one to Shinobi. I still take it on the road sometimes but it's not even close to the quality of Shinobi even if you take away the mechanical keys.

...except you have to use the switched Fn-Ctrl keys.

Or did I miss something? If I could switch them to normal layout (like you can in a Thinkpad's BIOS) I would have bought one years ago.

Crappy chicklet keyboard, ugh.

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