When it comes to the pandemic impact on the life, many people hold the view that it will speed up the transforming of working style. Differing from the traditional job at a fixed location, people intend to work in a more flexible way in order to adopt the quarantine policy. More and more people find they are getting used to working with laptops for its mobility. Despite all the conveniences offered by the laptop, we still need a closer look at the data reveals a more complex picture.
On the one hand, the sizes and layouts between the laptop keyboard and desktop keyboard are quite different. All the laptop keyboard has been designed in compact size at the very beginning, both size and weight are always put the top priority which inevitably leading to the re-arrangement of layout. To save more space, the sections of the number zone and some function keys have to be removed, the arrow keys have to be put at the right corner in cluster, so there is no unnecessary space left any more. Even though the laptop keyboards perform most of the functions as a desktop keyboard, the limited space might make those functions less convenient.
On the other hand, the different key switches for both keyboards also do a decisive part. For laptop user, we have no choice but using membrane-style key switch, but for desktop user, the external keyboards mean that we could have more choices for key switches like dome switch, Scissor switch or mechanical switch, and the different switches provide us with different typing experiences, some sound quieter, some make better tactile feeling as striking the keys.
In summary the laptop keyboard outdoes the desktop keyboard over portability and flexibility, but for comfortability and sustainability, the desktop keyboard takes more advantages than the laptop keyboard in terms of ergonomic perspective.
