>totally redundant
>forces you to use the laptop off-axis instead of at the center
>could literally be designed into the main keyboard with Fn functionality
>probably won't be used much anyway unless you are a legit software engineer
defend this.
a numberpad is fine on a desktop keyboard but has no real reason to exist on a laptop. it's just a nuisance.
Physical number pads on laptops
Eli Butler
Bentley Wilson
>defend this
No, it's fucking stupid. If it's that big of a deal to you, dock it and use an external keyboard
Chase Gray
>laptop off-axis instead of at the center
imho dealbreaker *ugh*
Cooper Smith
>could literally be designed into the main keyboard with Fn functionality
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa good one
>legit software engineer
Consider finance, or anything beyond basement shitposting
Matthew Green
>defend this
I need a numpad to play rouge-likes
Ayden Moore
I'm a CAD designer and type in numbers all the time. So the numpad is good when I don't have my laptop docked.
Hudson Sanchez
>>could literally be designed into the main keyboard with Fn functionality
>haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa good one
behold
>>legit software engineer
>Consider finance, or anything beyond basement shitposting
Ok, so software engineering or finance. TWO jobs that "need" the number pad instead of just one.
And even then, you could just use pic-related.
Cameron Moore
Get a controller you fag.
Logan Gonzalez
>there is no laptop with a 60% keyboard
Camden Williams
Why would a software engineer NEED a numberpad? I just use the top row number keys
Christopher Reed
IMO the numpad can stay on mobile workstations. And if you still complain about the numpad then you probably don't need the power of a mobile workstation anyway.
Josiah Hall
idk, that's what they all say. "doesn't have a numbpad, it's trash."
Ian Wilson
>if you don't like redundant keys that fuck up useflow for virtually no reason, you don't deserve a computer at all
how retarded can a person be?
Adam Bennett
Non-programmers think we type in numbers all day long instead of defining them once.
Blake Cruz
> unless you are a legit software engineer
You literally never enter a series of numbers that requires the efficiency of a numpad. Legit engineers use some form of math scripting (be it python+numpy, matlab or other shit your employer provides)`, not goddamn excel.
Matthew King
Function keys should be put on top of number keys.
Numpad isn't used by most people yet it's on most keyboards. It's even less used on laptops, you're delusional if you think it's actually used by more than 3% home users. Even most people who use it won't use it more than 50 times in their lifetime. The only exception are actual jobs where you punch numbers all day like banks.
This.
Nathaniel Clark
It's way faster to type numper on a numpad
Jaxson Peterson
>Function keys should be put on top of number keys.
Why? For what purpose?
Christian Rodriguez
It's acceptable on a desktop keyboard because you can obviously just move the keyboard over, but on a laptop it's kind of retarded because who does financing on a laptop anyway?
William Mitchell
Not really. You can use the line just as quickly, you can reach 0 and 1 simultaneously, and you won't even have to move your hand to switch between letters and numbers.
Noah Taylor
Saving space
Brody Taylor
Problem solved.
If your laptop has room for numpad, it's too big.
Luis Anderson
That actually increases space. By utilizing function keys as alternates to a normal qwertyboars, you save space by mot having a dedicated function row.
Owen Jenkins
qwerty board
not
fuck im tired...
Parker White
No reason not to have them as long as we're stuck on the 16:9 meme.