I have to admit IBM (and Lenovo, by extension) have always made terrific keyboards. I guess it comes from selling electric typewriters for so many years. I prefer typing on my 10 year old ThinkPad 600 to just about any modern notebook I've used (haven't tried a T61). In addition to excellent keyboard layout and feel, the TrackPoint has the advantage of allowing mouse movement without taking my hands off the home keys. The one niggly thing is that IBM had an almost religious aversion to adding the "Windows" key to their machines - it's a bit of a pain at times.

Mind you, my Mac Portable with its "proper" keyboard takes some beating. It's just that compared to a modern notebook, it's not that portable!