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Re:System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals n... by reaperducer on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:33PM (#28373980)
They could do what Apple did 20 years ago: Make them modular.

You used to be able to pop the trackball out from the right side of the keyboard area, slide the keys to the right, and then re-insert the trackball into the left side.

Do the same with a num pad, instead of a trackball. And for people who don't want the num pad, make available half-width blank inserts to occupy the space on both sides.

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Re:System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals n... by CRConrad on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:58PM (#28396627)
IIRC that original Macintosh Portable even had a numpad as an alternative to the trackball, to go on whichever side you wanted (and presumably you'd connect a mouse to use in stead of the trackball).
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