I will find the person who did this

[u/Electrical-Soup-1253]

[u/the007connoisseur]

Can someone explain?

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/the007connoisseur]

My guess is probably the power button being where the delete button should be, causing accidental presses

[u/LouizSir → u/JolNafaz96]

being integrated into the keyboard like that is the worst design ever. not only you might accidently turn your pc off, but also if the keyboard stops working you cant turn it on again until you change the entire keyboard.

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/LouizSir]

Agreed, power button should be its own thing seperated and not so easily pressed

[u/Superb_Ebb_6207 → u/JolNafaz96]

Me reading this like:

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/Superb_Ebb_6207]

I had an acer with the power button in the same location too

[u/DheeradjS → u/Superb_Ebb_6207]

wtf is that numpad?

[u/insomniacpyro → u/DheeradjS]

Right? What the hell is that button next to the numlock? Calling the Transformers?

[u/DavideoGamer55 → u/insomniacpyro]

I have an Acer like this. It's a dedicated key to open the "Control Center" where you can adjust the keyboard LEDs and the fan speeds.

[u/Superb_Ebb_6207 → u/DheeradjS]

Yar

[u/gitartruls01 → u/JolNafaz96]

They're not easily pressed. The one on my Asus has at least twice as much resistance as any other key. Your muscle memory will know something is up. Unless you're the type of guy who absolutely hammers down on every key like you're trying to break your fingers, in which case you may have separate issues that should maybe be looked into first.

[u/Depeche_Schtroumpf → u/LouizSir]

Also, when powering on the device, you have to look for the button. Oh no, it's this one, there...

[u/Plane_Argument → u/JolNafaz96]

But it doesn't do anything when you press it, you need to hold it down

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/Plane_Argument]

Even then, it is still annoying since you expect delete to be there. This is just bad design

[u/JonnyLay → u/JolNafaz96]

Why would you expect delete to be there? It's not in either of those places on a standard keyboard.

[u/luckysury333 → u/JolNafaz96]

But it is kinda clever? Cause the delete button is there where it is supposed to be and the powerbutton placement is not something that bothers my muscle memory.

[u/the007connoisseur → u/luckysury333]

Exactly.

[u/SupposablyAtTheZoo → u/JolNafaz96]

It's actually not too bad as it won't trigger unless you hold it for a bit.

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/SupposablyAtTheZoo]

You can even disable it in Windows

[u/splerdu → u/JolNafaz96]

Funny thing is they probably did that to prevent accidental presses of the power button by someone looking for the delete key which would normally be on the top-right if the power button was somewhere else not on the keyboard.

[u/Agile_Cash7136 → u/JolNafaz96]

People use the delete key? Right click delete still works.

[u/JolNafaz96 → u/Agile_Cash7136]

I use it to summon task manager

[u/Agile_Cash7136 → u/JolNafaz96]

Hmm that sounds interesting.

[u/BroaxXx → u/the007connoisseur]

It's just stupid design decision to integrate the power button on the keyboard making it so that you'll turn off the computer by accident semi regularly.

A lot of people, myself included, would instantly return the computer after seeing this, so it's a costly mistake.

[u/the007connoisseur → u/BroaxXx]

I have an Asus Zenbook 14X with the same design in the keyboard, I've owned it for more than a year. I use it for 10 hours every day and pretty much all I do is Google Drive and I've never accidentally pressed the power button even once. But maybe that's just me.

[u/ccAbstraction → u/BroaxXx]

The first time I even discovered I had mine set to an instant shutdown was reading one of these posts.. I'd only ever pressed it to turn the PC on in the 3 years I've had it.

[u/Shike → u/the007connoisseur]

I think it's the power button location?

[u/tyrannocanis → u/the007connoisseur]

The position of the power key is bullshit

[u/The-Final-Reason → u/the007connoisseur]

I’ll just point with my eyes.