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”.
I used to be that way, but the extra mouse space is undeniably better for me, so I just learned to top-row number. I still very much miss my numpad, though, and I do want to get a separate numpad one day.