Virtual keyboard strikes again

I thought Apple would be the first one to try put out a virtual keyboard on a Macbook or the like given its penchant to make everything as thin as possible.  However, Lenovo has beaten Apple to the punch.  The new Yoga Book has a laptop clamshell design rather than a traditional slate design.  Instead of where the keyboard goes, it is a touch sensitive pad that is a digitizer and a doubles as a virtual keyboard.  It is not another touch sensitive display, however.  So, someone can trace drawings and it would transfer to the screen on top.  It's just like having one of those Wacom tablets attached a regular laptop or desktop.  From the images published, seems that the keyboard legends are simply baked into the pad itself and not reconfigurable.  Just lights get switched on or off as the pad changes its functions.  I think Apple might go with a reconfigurable design, judging from rumors of prototypes floating around.  Supposedly, the new Yoga Book comes in either Chromebook flavor or Windows flavor, with Chromebook version coming first.  Oh, it's also a 10" form factor.  Smaller than I thought.  So, the keys might be not be 100% sized either.  This is an interesting experiment that is worth watching closely.  Now, let' see if some clever marketers are going to jump onto the virtual 0mm travel as a competitive gaming advantage....