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Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-even-use-vowels dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered what the SysRq key on your keyboard does? Lenovo has decided it's so rarely used that it has started removing the key from some new Thinkpad Edge laptops. We already know that Lenovo are something of the fastidious scientists when it comes to keyboard design. Last time they fiddled with the age-old key layout, it was after painstaking research to count exactly how many times users press the Delete and Escape keys. Now it seems another relic of computer keyboards is starting to disappear."

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  1. Re:As it is just about never used... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Getting rid of trolls was considered a drastic move at the time because some people enjoyed them. Just because "some" people like them doesn't mean they are useful.

  2. Re:Debug key by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Troll

    To play devil's advocate, there is a separate set of number keys too.

    Yes, that was my point, that the default is for the numeric keypad to be set to cursor mode, giving you two sets of cursor keys and no numeric keypad. Sometimes I think you have to take an IQ test to be in charge of stuff like that -- if you score over 90 you're disqualified.

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