Best Choice for a Laptop with a Proper Numpad Built in?

AustriaBargain on 26/03/2025 - 17:35
Last edited 26/03/2025 - 20:52 by 1 other user

Looking for a decent quality laptop with a real numpad. This is hard to narrow down with searches because Google Shopping and OZB don't let you filter by laptops with numpads, it's a pretty niche feature I suppose.

So I'm hoping the brain trust here will know of any good examples. I've found these examples but the HP looks kind of plain and is made of plastic, the Acer looks a bit like a goofy gaming laptop with bad battery life. It'll be plugged in all the time and used for productivity only, but I know from experience that you still want it to be powerful or else it'll be a drag to use a few years down the line:

https://www.harveynorman.com.au/hp-15-6-inch-r7-7735hs-32gb-…

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/acer-nitro…

So is there some killer laptop with numpad deal I'm not aware of? Something that'll be a joy to use for the next seven+ years and won't break the bank today?

Computing Computer Laptop Number Pad

Comments

  • ldd-mn on 26/03/2025 - 17:39
    +1

    External numpad instead?

    • AustriaBargain on 26/03/2025 - 17:42

      It's for a relative I should have said, they are a bookkeeper and manager for family business. They claim it's just not the same to use an external one. I'd have thought it would be better tbh. I just want to make sure they don't buy a lemon laptop that I'll need to provide tech support for, when a powerful well made laptop could be used instead. Regular people think they can spend $500 on a laptop because they all look basically the same as each other to the uninitiated.

  • sidesw1pe on 26/03/2025 - 17:58

    A proper numpad? As opposed to an improper numpad?

  • JIMB0 on 26/03/2025 - 18:04
    +2

    The larger LG Gram laptops have a number pad. They squished it up a little but is still quite handy.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 26/03/2025 - 19:32

      I had an LG LM series from @2004, when they were 1st released in Australia. At the time they were making Laptops for IBM (before Lenovo)

  • plmko on 26/03/2025 - 18:26
    +4

    Get a Thinkpad T16

  • SpainKing on 26/03/2025 - 20:50
    +1

    I have a HP Victus. Doesn't look like a 1337 gaming laptop but is advertised as one, the chassis is plastic.

    You can very rarely expect a gaming laptop to have good battery life and I would say this laptop is no different, and has the usual drop-off in performance when unplugged from charge. Aside from that I'm pretty happy with it, JB is running a deal on a lower specced one here. Maybe those lower specs would help the battery life go further

    On the plus side, it has a numpad, the keys feel nice to use, the screen looks good to me and gets bright when I need it to, it has a backlit keyboard that is easily toggleable and the touchpad works at an acceptable standard

    Some things to note: mixed claims about charging via USB-C; some say you can't, others on Reddit have succeeded with a 100W charging brick. Some models have a second storage drive slot, some don't. You can upgrade the RAM. It gets hot in bed (😉) and I noticed a crack in the plastic after sending it off to get the overheating problem fixed (my fault for not cleaning it out). I think this is the model I have or quite similar, and it's on clearance. It's not the best thing since sliced bread, but it's gotten the job done to my satisfaction for the last 2 and a half years and hasn't shown signs of slowing down

    Think that's everything I've got to say about it, sorry I couldn't be more helpful but happy hunting

    EDIT: Reread the post and battery life isn't an issue so crossed that shizz out

    • AustriaBargain on 26/03/2025 - 20:55

      Thanks for the insight on your Victus.

      Any issues with the hinge? I have seen people call HP Hinge Problems.

      • SpainKing on 26/03/2025 - 21:00
        +1

        Only Hinge problems are in my dating life 😎 My last computer was an Acer Nitro and the hinge on that was so trash that it literally split the housing for the display (partially my fault for using it on its side to watch stuff in bed, mostly Acer's for cheaping out so much on the design). They've since redesigned the chassis though

        The hinge does feel a bit stiff and I worry sometimes it'll break the display when I open it from a corner, but no failures yet after doing that many times

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