It always amazes me what guys in 1995 could fit a full sized keyboard with all keys in ~10", yet since 2010 the humanity lost this wondrous know-how and now even in a 15" notebook you would only get an abomination with merged keys and goddamn PrtScr instead of ContextMenu.
On the surface, not at all. It's a t470 with a massive marketing spiel.
On the other hand, if you spend 10hrs a day on a laptop, you'll keep it for many years, and keyboard layout is important to you, it may be a worthile choice priced per hour of usage. You can also think of it as pre-moded and warrantied thinkPad :-).
I have a couple of t480 and e595 around too but much prefer the t25. I also have a client mandated HP that, while it does have a track point, has an apple-style format and keyboard that drives me up the wall. Non-sensical unique layout, no feel in keys, plus dreaded combined up and down arrows (WHY?? There's so much room on that side! So clearly a choice of pretty over useful/functional. The t25 arrow keys extend down past space key, so they are full size, which neatly demonstrates their priority aligns with mine :)
But... life! :). Two very young kids and wife who need support through the day, so I end up using laptop as a lap-top frequently enough :). I take my dad to a doctor appointment, or work from friend's home, etc etc. Overall, laptop's keyboard is still important for my personal use-cases.
Some historical discussion on the topic:
>> goddamn PrtScr instead of ContextMenu
Please show me the people who needs to make screenshots so often what there is a key under right thumb.
> keyboard layout we know from the PCs in the 90s is the only correct one
It's not the best but it's on the every goddamn desktop keyboard. The only reason it's get constantly re-arranged without any regard to usability or common sense[0] is what someone needs to justify own existence, just like "web-masters" which "plays with fonts" because otherwise they would be doing nothing.
[0] how many times you powered down/pressed without any result Backspace only to encounter what it is not Backspace anymore, but Power?
On the 2020 M1 MBP, you get 2 USB ports, and that's it! And they have to handle power, display AND headphones!
more like its cheaper