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Any keybaords with touchpads ?

you2

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I'm looking for a keyboard with touch-pad for my desktop system (not portable keyboard for laptop). The closest I've seen is the logitec k400 but it seems to have two flaws (from reviews):
a) not a full size keyboard
b) lousy build/keys
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The layout is pretty much what I am looking for (replace the number pad with touch pad). Has anyone seen such a beast with a quality fullsize keyboard (I did a search with google and amazon) but the only thing i could find was a medical keyboard that was (a) expensive $180 and (b) had a membrane covering and (c) no reviews.
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Perhaps this is not a common layout (maybe people still prefer mouse to touch-pad?) but for my desktop I would like to remove the mouse and the touchpad would be fine (I prefer touch-pad to trackball which a few of the keyboards had).
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Am I missing somethign obvious or does this just not exist ?
 
I'm looking for a keyboard with touch-pad for my desktop system (not portable keyboard for laptop). The closest I've seen is the logitec k400 but it seems to have two flaws (from reviews):
a) not a full size keyboard
b) lousy build/keys
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The layout is pretty much what I am looking for (replace the number pad with touch pad). Has anyone seen such a beast with a quality fullsize keyboard (I did a search with google and amazon) but the only thing i could find was a medical keyboard that was (a) expensive $180 and (b) had a membrane covering and (c) no reviews.
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Perhaps this is not a common layout (maybe people still prefer mouse to touch-pad?) but for my desktop I would like to remove the mouse and the touchpad would be fine (I prefer touch-pad to trackball which a few of the keyboards had).
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Am I missing somethign obvious or does this just not exist ?

There is a higher-end version of the Logitech keyboard, though I don't know if you'd consider it high enough quality (it's a chiclet-style keyboard).

If you don't need the keyboard in your lap, perhaps the best approach is to buy the keyboard and touchpad separately. Get something like this, and buy your keyboard separately.
 
Thanks folks:

I'm not really into the first option (curvey type keyboard; my normal plain keyboard are the simple keytronics (they have good tactle feedback but not quite as good as the very old ibm keybaords); I never learn to use those fancy curvey things labelled Ergonomic though I have a friend who swears by them.
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I think the last two options are the best (for my style). I'll have to dig through the reviews. On the one hand I really like the idea of an all in one (i'm sick of the mouse sliding off the table) but i tend to get gunk on my keyboards and throw them away every 2 or 3 years (I mostly buy the old keytronics ps/2 kb which are pretty inexpensive but have deep keys). I'll dig through the reviews in more details and maybe follow up.
 
If you're OK with Apple products, there are quite a few third-party options to hold the Magic Trackpad on to the side of the wireless keyboard.


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Yea; I did that before posting here. Guess I shoudl have mentioned that. Maybe I ws blind but I just didn't see anything decent 🙁
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I see I took another look @ newegg to see what my issue was and I realize I left out one key facet; I was trying to look for something that was wired (not wireless).


There are quite a few on Newegg. Just search for "touchpad keyboard"/
 
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