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

Posted by codewiz on Thursday May 13, 2021 @10:52AM
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Re:X1 Carbon Gen 9: Lenovo has to be careful with the ThinkP... by ksec on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:28PM (#27145525)

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.

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Re:X1 Carbon Gen 9: Lenovo has to be careful with the ThinkP... by dTal on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:40PM (#27146398)

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.

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Re:X1 Carbon Gen 9: Lenovo has to be careful with the ThinkP... by valachio on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:58PM (#27145901)

Shorter key travel = thinner laptop

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Re:X1 Carbon Gen 9: Lenovo has to be careful with the ThinkP... by anontrot on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:00AM (#27150876)

or more space for other things, say thicker battery

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