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[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

removing the nub from ThinkPad is like removing cheese from a cheeseburger.

it'll still be a laptop, but a nubless ThinkPad will always look wrong.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Next thing you know they'll put the Ctrl back in the right place.

[–] MP3Martin@programming.dev 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Thankfully it can be swapped in bios

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago

I almost didn't buy a ThinkPad back in the day before I leaned that you can swap it. Such a stupid design

I also randomly saw today that framework has the opposite option in BIOS. For the people that migrate over

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Just learning this now, I’m not sure if I should cry.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Control back in the right place... where you can press it with your left pinkie without taking your fingers off the home keys? Rather than where useless caps lock is just wasting space?

[–] stock@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

this is actually wonderful ive been debating what to do with my caps lock thank you

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Escape next to 1 is also underappreciated. It's how vi was meant to be used.

Exactly. I use escape way more than control.

[–] ely@mastodon.green 1 points 1 week ago

@Dultas
An Fn key is dumb anyway since that is the goal of every key anyway.
@germtm_

It's honestly the only reason I still buy them. If Lenovo removes the nub or Framework adds it, I'm switching to Framework. Give me a 14" T or E series with TrackPoint and I'm happy.