I will agree with the suggestion that Asus laptop keyboards are decent. On the higher end models the keys have a surprising amount of travel. As for keyboards with a trackpoint, I would suggest the TEX Yoda Trackpoint and the Miniguru keyboards. Sadly, neither is available with any regularity (the second seems to have had a prototype run but is currently "in design"), and I believe the mouse is different from a traditional trackpoint by virtue of patents.
I became very accustomed to the trackpoint on a previous laptop I had. Since they are so rare, I've turned to tiling window managers to remove my need of mouse. On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 20.11.2014 um 21:16 schrieb Daniel Frey: > > On 11/20/2014 11:16 AM, thegeezer wrote: > >> yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to > >> navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a > >> prerequisite. > >> does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the trackpoint > >> style mini-joystick in the middle of them ? > > > > Yep: > > > http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/0B47190/460/60AC6A0372B14F5BA7B12F1FF88E33C7 > > > > I almost bought this one but I wanted a usb port on my keyboard itself > > for my mouse, IIRC this one didn't have that. > > > > I have used a lenovo keyboard with it, I liked it, just wish it had a > > USB port for the mouse. > > I am using a Lenovo keyboard (USB Keyboard SK-8815) for my main > workstation for years now. Still working fine. It does not bring a > trackpoint but has 2 USB ports .... and some special function keys I > never managed to get working ... maybe I should take another approach as > it might be supported for months and years now. > > Stefan > > >
