Top 5 best laptops that still have keyboards with numbers on them

Numeric keyboards have become increasingly rare in recent years, even on 15-inch laptops and larger. They’re best for users who enter a lot of data, and for some gamers who like isolated and easily accessible number keys. But their downside is that they take away keyboard space from the standard keys and can cause the touchpad to become off-center.

They’re not the best choice for users who do a lot of data entry.

If you really need the numbers, you can always buy an external pad. But this option is only suitable for those who work in an office or at a desk. If you have to use your laptop on the road a lot, you’re not going to find it very convenient to use. Here are some of the best laptops with digital panels you can buy.

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16

Yoga 9i Pro 16 —s one of the best laptops of 2024. It’s somewhat similar to several other very good laptops, including the Dell XPS 16 and Apple MacBook Pro 16, and it manages to offer some real advantages over them. Of course, it has a numbered and large enough keyboard so that the other keys aren’t too close to each other.

And it has a numbered and large enough keyboard so that the rest of the keys aren’t too close together.

The laptop’s biggest merit — is its performance. Lenovo has put a lot of power into it, equipping it with both Intel’s fast Meteor Lake Core Ultra chipset and a discrete Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU far more powerful than some competitors. Even with the mid-range RTX 4060, the Yoga Pro 9i 16 delivered great performance for power users, creatives, and gamers.

The Yoga Pro 9i 16 is a great choice for power users, creatives, and gamers.

It also features a quality LED display and an incredibly solid build. It’s true that a good configuration will cost just under 300k, but it’s a bit cheaper than a similar MacBook Pro.

It’s a good deal.

Acer Swift Edge 16

If you need a large laptop but don’t want to lug around a bulky, powerful model like the Yoga Pro 9i 16, the Swift Edge 16 — is the way to go. It has a number pad and a reasonably spacious keyboard, though the touchpad is certainly a bit offset. That said, it’s incredibly thin and lightweight.

Swift Edge 16 R is the right size for you.

You get a fast AMD Ryzen 7 chipset and AMD Radeon integrated graphics. It’s not as fast for makers, given the lack of a discrete GPU, but it’s more than fast enough for demanding users who want to work with large spreadsheets.

It’s not as fast as you’d expect.

The laptop also features a 16-inch 3K OLED display with vivid colors and black, as well as plenty of ports and a 1440p webcam. It’s a surprisingly affordable laptop that costs $1,300 with a Ryzen 7 8840U chipset, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.

The notebook is a great value for the money.

LG Gram 16 2-in-1

Another very thin and light 16-inch laptop —Gram 16 2-in-1. This 360-degree model is even thinner than the Swift Edge 16, but slightly heavier. This is due to a more complex hinge assembly that allows you to rotate the display in “shell”, “tent”, “multimedia” and “tablet” modes. An active stylus allows you to work on the display, which is an added bonus to the numeric pad located to the right of the main keyboard.

The laptop is powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with a fast processor and integrated Intel Arc graphics, making it suitable for high-performance workflows. If you like to count, you’ll love this notebook.

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The 16-inch 3K OLED display is impressively brighter than most OLED panels, with familiar dynamic colors and perfect blacks. It’s a bit pricey when you add extra RAM and storage, but at 200k with 16GB and 1TB, it’s quite affordable.

At 200k, it’s a great value.

Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED

One of the biggest and most powerful laptops with a number pad — the ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED. But it’s worth carrying around, and not just because of the excellent keyboard and Asus Dial input device that make it ideal for creatives.

The laptop has a fast Intel Core i9-13980HX processor and the option of an Nvidia RTX 3000 Ada GPU optimized for creative, engineering and design applications that can harness all that power. Of course, anyone who works with numbers will also appreciate the performance of this laptop. There’s a numeric panel for a reason.

The display — is a 3K OLED panel, and it can easily match the others on this list. It’s a no-compromise laptop with a surprisingly reasonable 300+k price tag with an RTX 4060, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.

With the RTX 4060, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.

Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED

The last laptop on our list focuses on a large display and good performance at a surprisingly low price. At just Rmb70,000, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED. The Vivobook Pro 15 OLED offers solid components and excellent build quality, as well as a comfortable keyboard with number pad.

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The laptop features an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H chipset, which is more than fast enough to handle large spreadsheets, and an RTX 3050 GPU, which is entry-level but offers minimal creative performance. And there’s a virtual Asus DialPad built into the touchpad, which some people might like (and others — not).

And the touchpad is a virtual Asus DialPad, which some people might like (and others — not).

The Vivobook’s only compromise is that its 15.6-inch OLED display is low-resolution — just Full HD, and its aspect ratio is standard — 16:9. Even so, it delivers the usual OLED benefits and, if you can put up with the reduced sharpness, makes a pleasant enough impression.

And even so, it’s a nice enough display.