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Lenovo - ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint - US English - Cable Connectivity - USB Interface - English (US) - Black
Average customer rating
4.2
(202 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 202 reviews
5 Stars
111
4 Stars
53
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
10
1 Star
8
87%of customers recommend this product.
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139 out of
160)
Customer Reviews for Lenovo - ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint - US English - Cable Connectivity - USB Interface - English (US) - Black
Posted by: Enna
from California
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The keyboard is fantastic, with a very smooth press. I am a software developer and have been using a mechanical keyboard for the last few months, but the mechanical keyboard noise was paining my ears. Since then, I started using my XI Carbon's keyboard and fell in love with it because of its noiseless and smooth press. With the hope that the keys of this keyboard would be pretty similar to that of X1 carbon, I purchased it. On the positive side, I felt that keys are deeper, making them even smoother to press than X1 carbon. Though the keys are not as silent as X1 carbon, I enjoy typing in them more than the X1 carbon keyboard. Also, the less depth of the keyboard makes it very comfortable and ergonomic to place my wrist while typing without requiring any keyboard pad.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Spellrider
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is the only keyboard I can find with a pointer stick so that I can keep my hands on the keyboard in typing position instead of reaching back and forth for a mouse. Only downside is that the decals on they keys wear off faster than other ways of putting the letters on the keys. (This keyboard replaces my old one that finally died. It wasn't a big deal that many letters had worn off.)
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Yual Chiek
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is an excellent keyboard. While it is compact it doesn't feel cramped. It would be even better if a slightly softed plastic was used. Over all, this is, in my opinion the berybest portable keyboard available.
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Posted by: G Tarrist
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Almost exactly like the native Carbon X1 keyboard, except for non-lit keys. Great typing feel, action, responsiveness. I wish the cable connected to the side instead of the front edge.
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Customer Rating
1
Can't swap the fn & ctrl keys
on May 19, 2023
Posted by: aa32
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Can't swap the fn & ctrl keys as on the Thinkpad keyboard - this makes the keyboard pretty useless.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from lenovo.comBy Subhash_Lenovo, Customer Service, June 4, 2023
Lenovo appreciates all feedback and thank you for taking the time to rate and review our product! We apologize for any inconvenience. For any concerns you may have, please consider both our online Technical Support at https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/ as well as contacting our Technical Support via phone at 1-855-253-6686 option 1.
Very Respectfully,
Subhash_Lenovo
Very Respectfully,
Subhash_Lenovo
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Posted by: WMAMAN
from Florida
Verified Purchase:Yes
Compact keyboard with built-in pointing device. Legendary Lenovo keys. You might be able to find something a little bit narrower but a glide point would make it deeper. I use it with a KVM and everything works. I have had the Bluetooth version for years
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Nicholas Mati
Verified Purchase:Yes
I work with my laptop pushed up against my chest. This allows me to decrease my font size down to the point where I'm limited by the resolution of my 4k display and to effectively gain working area. To deal with the awkward angles this creates, I use two of these keyboards positioned behind my laptop in a pseudo-split keyboard arrangement.
For what they are, these keyboards work pretty well. My oldest pair has been in constant use at work for about 5 years. The texture on the home keys have long since worn away and you have to feed them new knubbies every few years, but _they have TrackPoints_ which is an unfortunately rare feature among USB keyboards and the reason why I have two sets for my laptop and just bought a 5th for a desktop.
TBH, I would kind of prefer a dedicated split keyboard, but (at least when I last checked) there were absolutely no options on the market with a TrackPoint. These keyboards also suffer from issues of the current Lenovo keyboard layout. In particular, there's no separation on the function keys, so it's very difficult to use them for debugging without having to look down to, e.g., make sure you're going to hit the "step into" key vs the "run" key. If they just brought back the layout from the days of the W510 (which did have function key grouping as well as a better arrangement of the home, end, page up, page down, and delete keys), I would have given this a 5.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, November 22, 2021
Lenovo appreciates all feedback and thank you for taking the time to rate and review our product! We want our customers to have a superb experience as you help us to continually evaluate our current products and services, and if necessary, change to meet your needs better. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Very Respectfully,
Adrian_Lenovo
Very Respectfully,
Adrian_Lenovo
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Customer Rating
4
Would be 5 stars if key-labels weren't reflective
on March 14, 2018
Posted by: MarkInChicago
from Chicago
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have been hooked on ThinkPad keyboards for nearly 20 years. This one feels right to me, is nice and small, and doesn't have the disconnect issues that I experienced with the Bluetooth version. My one major complaint is that the labels for the keys aren't matte. My workspace is set up such that I have an overhead light about four feet in front of me, and the reflection off my shiny key-labels makes them hard to read. It's so bad that I've used a metallic marker to give myself a couple of visual landmarks for function keys, which are outside my touch-typing comfort/confidence zone.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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