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by alshel 1712 days ago
What laptops have that without having a number pad as well? I know my macbook doesn’t have a better hone/end/pgup/pgdn. I personally hate laptops with number pads because the keyboard is then off center, so I just accept this sacrifice on laptops.

I do really wish they had macbook-like arrow keys, which are very effective for touch typing since the half-size makes them easy to feel.

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The last dell (xps 13 2-in-1 from about 2 years ago) I bought has page up and down above left and right (half-size keys, like the macbook, but the gaps filled in), and home/end above in the f-key row. It's not my ideal but it's good enough.
My old Acer C710 and my X1 Carbon also have dedicated pgup/pgdn/home/end keys in those locations. As soon as framework comes out with such a layout I'll buy a new panel.
All ThinkPads up to T420/X220 (2011) have a proper delete/home/end/pgup/pgdown block at the top right. And then the 2017 ThinkPad 25 anniversary edition, which is what I'm using right now and hoping it lasts until there is a proper replacement on the market.
My ThinkPad X1 has no number pad, and puts pgup/pgdn on either side of the up-arrow key, which works quite nicely for me. I picked that laptop specifically for the keyboard.