Add in the flexible 2-in-1 design and a seriously good keyboard, and you’ve got a laptop built to keep up with real life stuff. There’s a lot to love here, but it’s not cheap ($2,336 as tested).

And – handily – that gap gives us an instantly recognisable 'landmark' for finding our way along the keyboard. The two-then-three pattern marks out a single octave – the point at which the sequence of ...