Ancient keyboards shipped with new thinkpads! Anyone?

Hello everyone,

I'd like to share what I've read with you today,

Tim_Lenovo said that they have shifted the production towards the 'older' T61 keyboard design now.
Source : http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/...&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=2738#M2738


Has anyone received a brand new thinkpad with the T61 keyboard already?

 

Ancient, heh

 

haha, let me correct this

Edit: I can't fix it, a mod probably will.

I'm just saying ancient because old makes it feel like rusty/defective ones

 

Couldn't that actually be good? I mean, the old keyboards are good, right?

 

Awesome, this is probably the best fix I could have hoped for.

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

Agreed, and it was long overdue.

 

Let me get this straight.

I ordered a T500 about a month ago and it came with one of the new keyboards. If I post in that thread and request a replacement, they will mail me a replacement T61 keyboard for free? I cant say I was traumatized by the keyboard on the T500, but this is also my first thinkpad so I didnt really know what to expect. Based on a lot of the comments Ive read though, Ive been missing out big time.

What do you guys think, should I try to request one?

 

that's good!

 

I am. But then again, I am crazy...