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ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint

4.4 out of 5 stars 154 customer reviews
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  • USB wired Keyboard with TrackPoint
  • Same low profile keys found on the keyboard of ThinkPad laptops.
  • Red backlit buttons for volume and microphone mute
  • 3 year warranty
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  • Brand Name: Lenovo
  • Model Number: 55Y9003
  • Connectivity Technology: usb
  • Hardware Platform: Pc
  • Item Display Weight: 1.45 pounds
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The ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint is an external keyboard that has an ultra-slim design. It has the same keys with the keyboard of your ThinkPad computer. Your option package includes the following: ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint, Setup and warranty poster and Software and User Guide CD.

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4.0 out of 5 starsPay attention to review dates!
By G. A. Spriggs on September 16, 2012
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SUMMARY: If you have used (and love) the Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard, this is a great reproduction that you can use as a USB keyboard. I definitely recommend!

I've grown quite accustomed to Lenovo's STELLAR thinkpad keyboards because my work laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I was quite ecstatic to find out that Lenovo makes these USB ThinkPad keyboards...Still, I didn't want to buy something that would be a poor imitation of the real thing...and so I read reviews.

If you read some reviews, you will find talk of bugginess...there are reviews that speak of missed keys or of multiple letters being capitalized if you type too quickly (the "INitial CAps" problem). I wanted to know if these problems had been solved, so I googled some more...and I kept finding years old (2009, 2010) forum posts talking about the issue...and all of the posts seemed to conclude the same thing: there was a problem, and there were no concrete solutions.

But why were all of the forum posts so old?

When I checked the Amazon reviews, I tried to do something different...I sorted the reviews in order of NEWEST FIRST. From there, I discovered reviews from 2012 pointing out that people who had most recently bought this keyboard weren't experiencing the issue anymore.

I would like to join this crowd and PRAISE this keyboard. If you don't believe me, just sort by "Newest First" and hear the other folks praising too.

I type at over 100 wpm, and I have never experienced any problems with this keyboard missing strokes or capitalizing multiple times. So, let me just break this down for you:

PROS:
+ This keyboard will be familiar to anyone who has used (and loves) a Lenovo ThinkPad. That is the value proposition here.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsIt's a perfectly fine keyboard for all but the most picky
By Kurt Brown on December 18, 2009
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I've used a whole bunch of external Trackpoint keyboards since the Trackpoint was first invented (when I worked at IBM Almaden Research, where Ted Selker, whose lab it came from, also worked).

I pronounce this keyboard in my "Top 10%" Trackpoint keyboards. The key action is firm, crisp, and quiet. The large delete key is a welcome improvement, the volume and mute buttons are very well designed, and the lack of an annoying track pad is a gift.

As for the other reviewer's comments about it being "slow" -- I'm about a 40wpm touch typist (I've never improved my speed past my 9th grade typing class), but I've been typing all my working life, and I just don't think your average typist who is similar to myself is going to run into any double character issues (I just typed issues twice, without issue, BTW).

As to the "flimsy construction" I can't agree. All external keyboards are made of similar grade plastic, and I think what the reviewers here might be objecting to is weight, not quality. This keyboard is very very light. But it only "flimsy" if you equate "light" with "flimsy." By that metric, the Boeing 787 is also "flimsy" because it's made of composites and not heavier aluminum. Cameras, watches, and cellphones, yes, the heft of metal in your hand is something I prefer as well. But a keyboard that primarily sits, unmoving, on your desk? Oy.

My only negative is the lack of a separate numeric pad. It's rare I have to do data entry, but when I do, it was nice to have that numeric pad waiting for me at the side. If they came out with a version with the numeric pad, I'd rank this at the top of my list of external Trackpoint keyboards I've used over the last 15 years.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsWorks with Macs.
By Edvard Odessia on July 26, 2015
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A very quiet keyboard, with no click. The keypress has a definite but moderate break point, and a bounce that is mildly springy. It's quasi-therapeutic feeling, and my fingers never get tired.

Works well with a Mac if you change a couple of settings in System Preferences. Go into System Preferences/Keyboard/Modifier Keys, select the Thinkpad USB Keyboard from the drop down menu, and switch the Option key to be the Command key, and the Command key to be the Option key. Thereafter, the modifier keys adjacent to the spacebar will be the Command keys, the next one out (the Windows key) will be Option/Alt, and the furthest out will be Control. EXCEPTION: The middle modifier key on the right side, the Windows menu key, works unpredictably, having either no function or typing an odd character, depending on the app, so you'll have to settle for having an Option key only on the left.

I also check "Use F1, F2...as standard function keys."

Next, go to System Preferences/Mouse and slide the Tracking speed and Scrolling speed all the way to the right. The Trackpoint button is very accurate but has a unique acceleration curve. I got used to it; some users might not.

Here are some default key functions you'll want to learn (a couple are different in MS Word, which I'll note further down). These assume you have swapped the Option and Command keys as described above:

Reveal desktop - F11
Reduce brightness (on Mac laptops) - ScrLk
Increase brightness - Pause
Scroll one screen up/down in any app - PgUp/PgDn
Jump to the top/bottom of the current doc/webpage - Home/End
Delete word forward - Option+Delete
Delete word backward - Option+Backspace
Beginning/end of line - the keys just above the Left and Right arrows.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsIts the best trackpoint keyboard available or unavailable

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Published 15 months ago by Bob-a-rama
1.0 out of 5 starsand love the layout and feel

This has classic Thinkpad layout, but NOT the classic keypress feel! I've used Lenovo and IBM keyboards for years, and love the layout and feel. Read more

Published 16 months ago by HOWARD J CADWELL
5.0 out of 5 starsThe world's best keyboard.

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Published 17 months ago by Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 starsFeels crappy, looks cheap, but it's not cheap.

I miss IBM products. Back in the day they build solid quality products.

Lenovo builds products that look and feel cheap, but are not that cheap. Read more

Published 19 months ago by tj
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat keyboard - all in one solution

The only thing I wish this had would be a touchpad at the bottom instead of the old style scroll bar. Read more

Published 20 months ago by I don't expect that much
3.0 out of 5 starsThis would be perfect if it was the size of an external keyboard

This would be perfect if it was the size of an external keyboard. Instead it is laptop size. So I'm back to the Ergonomic Microsoft Natural Elite.

Published 20 months ago by Scott Harris
5.0 out of 5 starsThe World Should Know

I try to convince everyone that they need to suffer through the learning curve on the track point because it's invaluable to never remove your hands from the keyboard. Read more

Published 21 months ago by K. Johansen

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