It’s not hard to be better than the one in HP Elitebook 840 G6, it’s one of the worst I have typed one. In my opinion the X280 is about standard for Thinkpad and better than most as feeling but it’s not full width so subpar for Thinkpad line yes.
Wait until you tried a Toshiba Z930 or even a recent Acer Aspire 3 haha.
I wonder if there is enough space to fit something like a Thinkpad X280 type of keyboard in a Framework 13. The traditional one with a longer key travel would be impossible (I don’t even think the 16" model has enough space). Sadly, there’s no space to fit a trackpoint either.
I would love to have the Thinkpad fibreglass/carbon fibre reinforced plastic + magnesium alloy chassis though.
I wonder if we can actually find a way to crowdfund these features for a 3rd party mainboard.
Working on it as we speak:
If successful it will be sold as a DIY body kit.
I’d be very interested to have one. (Even if the keyboard you plan to use isn’t my favourite one. But having mousebuttons and a trackpoint would be just awesome.
So far calculations point to an increase for keyboard height from the original 3.8 mm to 6 mm. Any keyboard that fits in it and can connect via USB will work . The keyboard itself is not part of the project and the tricky part is the hinge arm height that has to be adjusted accordingly.