Thank you. Is the aluminium frame optional too? Seems that it (almost) flawlessly works under Linux, which is a point in favour of this model. There are so many things to take into account. As an aside, how is the X1 keyboard?
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Yes, the aluminum frame is optional too. This one does indeed work flawlessly under Linux given my own experience, but I have not tried it over Bluetooth on Linux so I can't comment on how well it works under those circumstances.
As far as the ThinkPad X1 Extreme keyboard, it's really good for a keyboard on such a thin laptop. My only real complaint is that a handful of the smallest keycaps don't always stay clipped onto the butterfly levers (in my case I mostly have this issue with the page-down key, but I've occasionally had it happen with others too). Not a big issue, but annoying at times. Other than that though it's one of the best keyboards I've ever used on a laptop, even compared to other ThinkPad keyboards (which have long been my standard of comparison for laptop keyboards). The switches appear to be a monoblock rubber membrane style with a rather solid plastic butterfly lever assembly to keep the keys moving linearly. They've got remarkably solid tactile feedback given their design and size (no pre-travel and consistent resistance on the way down, but you get a very strong 'click' feel right as they bottom out) and seem rather durable. Overall travel is somewhere in the 2.5-3mm range (not sure exactly where), and the keys are remarkably quiet as they bottom out (even compared to similar keyboards I've used on other laptops). Latency is also rather good, and while it doesn't have true n-key rollover, the rollover behavior is better than most keyboards I've come across (it accepts most adjacent two and three key combinations without issue as well as accepting all the 'normal' typing rollovers).
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Thank you. Is the aluminium frame optional too? Seems that it (almost) flawlessly works under Linux, which is a point in favour of this model. There are so many things to take into account. As an aside, how is the X1 keyboard?
Yes, the aluminum frame is optional too. This one does indeed work flawlessly under Linux given my own experience, but I have not tried it over Bluetooth on Linux so I can't comment on how well it works under those circumstances.
As far as the ThinkPad X1 Extreme keyboard, it's really good for a keyboard on such a thin laptop. My only real complaint is that a handful of the smallest keycaps don't always stay clipped onto the butterfly levers (in my case I mostly have this issue with the page-down key, but I've occasionally had it happen with others too). Not a big issue, but annoying at times. Other than that though it's one of the best keyboards I've ever used on a laptop, even compared to other ThinkPad keyboards (which have long been my standard of comparison for laptop keyboards). The switches appear to be a monoblock rubber membrane style with a rather solid plastic butterfly lever assembly to keep the keys moving linearly. They've got remarkably solid tactile feedback given their design and size (no pre-travel and consistent resistance on the way down, but you get a very strong 'click' feel right as they bottom out) and seem rather durable. Overall travel is somewhere in the 2.5-3mm range (not sure exactly where), and the keys are remarkably quiet as they bottom out (even compared to similar keyboards I've used on other laptops). Latency is also rather good, and while it doesn't have true n-key rollover, the rollover behavior is better than most keyboards I've come across (it accepts most adjacent two and three key combinations without issue as well as accepting all the 'normal' typing rollovers).