Thinkpad Keyboard arrives

Hot on the heels of the new majestouch, I've now recieved the new Thinkpad standalone keyboard (model SK-8855). Typing this post with it now.

It's very light, and looks very much like what you would find in the laptop. I don't know how long the laptop keyboards are supposed to last but this one seems pretty comfortable so far. I know I can type on my t400 all day and pretty much feel ok, so here's to hoping that the desktop version will do just as well.

One funny initial observation is that it has all the standard laptop keys. Including brightness, battery, and screen magnifier. That seems kinda silly if you use it as a desktop keyboard, but I guess they expected people to use it as something hooked into a docking station.

Read more about the board here (Design Matters blog).