Re: [clug-talk] laptop advice

2014-01-05 Thread Mark Carlson
I hear ya. You can often request different keyboards if you buy it online. "US English" has a wide '\' key above the Enter key, as I prefer it. The "Bilingual" option which Future Shop, BestBuy, etc. stock have the extra keys. As for the original thread... I bought a Thinkpad W530 online from Leno

Re: [clug-talk] laptop advice

2014-01-05 Thread Gustin Johnson
I have a Lenovo T430 that I bought directly from Lenovo, it has the US keyboard layout (like Mark describes). It is a 14" IPS screen, the only concern is that I would have liked a higher resolution than 1600x900. I opted for the 9 cell battery for longer battery life. For optical drives I have a