I do really think the smaller keyboards are cool, and i like that they wouldn’t run into my mouse as much. But all my life I’ve had a numpad. I tried a keyboard without a numpad and lasted about 5 minutes before raging. How did you guys get used to it? Maybe I just need to get better at “top row numbering”.
Some keebs have a function key you can hold that makes part of the right hand keys be a number pad layout.
I have a 60% that I’ve used enough to confidently say I won’t get used to it, but just not having the numpad I got used to easily. You can also have a separate numpad detached from the keeb if you want it out of the way but still need it from time to time.