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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by Havoc on Saturday May 14, 2016 @07:38AM (#11695652)
The Lenovo keyboards aren't bad? I actually like them. Well aside from the bottom left key being FN instead of Ctrl...that part is retarded.

The trackpads on them are beyond redemption though. How that made it past well any kind of user testing is beyond me.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by jlgaddis on Saturday May 14, 2016 @09:41AM (#11696070)
FWIW, on my W530, you can swap Fn and Ctrl in the BIOS. YMMV.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by privong on Saturday May 14, 2016 @09:34AM (#11696033)
> Well aside from the bottom left key being FN instead of Ctrl...that part is retarded.

There's a BIOS option to swap Fn and Ctrl, at least on the X250.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by fencepost on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:37PM (#11703513)
I believe the BIOS option to change them was introduced in the xy10 series, I actually loaded a hacked BIOS on a W500 I was given to "recycle" to do the same swap.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by Havoc on Saturday May 14, 2016 @11:01AM (#11696406)
Interesting. I'll check. Not sure I can get into BIOS though...corporate laptop.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by i336_ on Sunday May 15, 2016 @06:49PM (#11703164)
Did it work? If not, can you hit ESC and still save the option?

(None of my old TPs have this, so I can't check.)

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by ekr on Saturday May 14, 2016 @11:43AM (#11696583)
the option is there on my L520 as well.
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