and when did ALL the bloody manufacturers decide to incorporate numberpads? This really winds me up. GRRRRRRRRRR. What's the point? Makes the whole thing unwieldly, too large, it's utter pointless unless you're an accountant, and probably even then.
And they've all adopted it!!! What's the rationale there?
"Quick, people want huge laptops with unnecessary buttons!"
"Quick, it's a recession, roll out the "more buttons for your buck" design!"
"Quick, left handed gamers might want to navigate their FPS games with a number pad!"