The Old-School ThinkPad USB External Keyboard

Snagged one for 100 yuan on some niche forum, and it’s in basically new condition.

First thing to get out of the way: the feel is absolutely insane. And that’s not even the part I want to run around singing praises about.

It’s that the Fn combo keys on this thing actually wake up my laptop. Meaning: with my laptop, closing the lid puts it to suspend, and pressing a key combo on the keyboard wakes it right back up. No flipping the lid open, no hitting the power button, and I don’t even need a dock.

So yeah, I actually bought something useful. Even if it’s got Taiwan traditional Chinese keycaps.