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Not different than most current offers on laptops, the keyboard still looks horrible for programming[1]. Fn keys shared with Home/End/PgUp/PgDwn, Up/Down arrows sharing a key. I guess they call it "slick", I call it won't buy.

[1] ok, depending on what you are programming, I'm sure there will be people saying they only need the "0" and "1" keys working.




I don't like where they're placed on my keyboard either, so I use AutoHotkey to bind those functions to alt+arrows. Alt+up for page up, alt+down for page down, alt+left for home and alt+right for end. After a couple hours it became muscle memory again.


How do you press Shift+Alt+Up/Down/Left/Right? Text editors I use do vertical block selection for Shift+Alt+arrows. Doing this kind of remapping will give you Shift+PageUp/PageDown/Home/End which is not cool...


I use shift+alt+left/right to highlight lines, but I don't use shift+alt+up/down ever. I use my mouse for that.


If you're using a Surface Pro, try pressing Fn + Arrow keys instead.


You can always use your USB keyboard of choice. This lets you lift the screen to an ergonomic height.

Working on laptops for long periods of time is a really bad idea, and very bad for your long-term health. (Voice of experience here, sadly.)




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