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What problem do you have with the chiclet keyboard on Thinkpad? For me, it is awesome, and ever since I started using one 18 months ago, my laptop buying criteria became "Is it a Thinkpad with chiclet keyboard?"

I am glad Lenovo switched all lines to chiclet keyboard in the latest refresh. I think it is a bold but calculated move.

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While I generally prefer the classic keyshapes, my main problem with the new Thinkpad keyboards is the removed row.

Instead of the Insert/Delete/Home/End/PgUp/PgDown key block in the upper right corner, the keys are put into the function key row. This also means that the gaps between F4&F5 and F8&F9 are removed. They also removed the menu key and replaced it with Print for some reason.

With the old Thinkpads, you could just pick them up and start typing without having to learn too many idiosyncrasies of the laptop keymapping. This is not the case anymore. When you work both on a laptop and a regular keyboard, this gets really painful.

Good points. The changing keyboard layout can definitely be a source of frustration. My current Edge 11 has Insert/Delete/Home/End at the upper right corner. In the latest refresh, Lenovo changed the order to be Home/End/Insert/Delete, which in my opinion is less programming friendly.

Anyway, I am getting a E530 with full keypads so hopefully this won't be a problem.

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