Lenovo ThinkPad X260 (12.5 inch) Notebook Core i5 (6200U) 2.3GHz 8GB 256GB SSD Webcam Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) - (Integrated HD Graphics 520) (Renewed)

I bought this laptop as a robust but light alternative to my Dell XPS 13, so that I could continue working while away for a few days. The machine is clearly robust, has a clear screen and the battery seems to last for about 7 or 8 hours of "normal" use, of MS Office, editing images etc. It has numerous ports for peripherals including three USB ports, which is good. My problem comes with the location of the keys on the keyboard.To start with, the <<Ctrl>> and <<Fn>> keys are reversed. The UK keyboard normally has <<Ctrl>> in the bottom left and after using this layout for the past 20 years or more, it is difficult having to get used to the <<Fn>> key being in that location, with <<Ctrl>> being the next key to its right. Keyboard shortcuts such as <<Ctrl>> X, <<Ctrl>> V and <<Ctrl>> Z have become so much of a conditioned reflex but with this PC, you need to think about them each time, with many failures because your reflex let you down.At least these keys have the correct symbol written on them. Other keys have been changed without warning. The keyboard shows the @ key to be shifted 2. In reality, <<Shift>> 2 gives you double-quotes, as it would on a traditional UK keyboard and the double-quote key at <<Shift>> single-quote gives you the @ symbol. Sooner or later you will need the £ key. It is also in the "correct" place, at <<Shift>> 3, which the keyboard tells you will generate the hash symbol #. On my X260, I get a # with my back-slash key and the ~ symbol from its shifted version, shown as a vertical bar on the keyboard. These keys are less commonly used than the regular alpha-numeric keys but actually finding them, when you need them, can involve an unwelcome voyage of discovery.When I first obtained my X260, last November, I thought that all I had to do was find the appropriate keyboard type and configure the computer to it. I do not know, this may be a non-UK arrangement that I have never seen before but perhaps it could be re-configured by the correct action in Settings? If this is the case, I have not found out how to do it.In summary: My X260 appears to be robust, with a clear screen, a long-lasting battery which will connect to all my peripherals but it is let down by its strange and confusing keyboard layout.

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Love this laptopI bought from encore website for 188£ second hand but works wonderfully