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  • L leckey 0

    I personally like the older MS "split" keyboards. I don't like the Wave version though. I once hired a student intern who wanted a "loud, clickity" keyboard. That made me laugh.

    Soon...very soon...http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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    fjdiewornncalwe
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    This Keyboard[^] was my favorite, but I was forced to the Natural Ergo 4000[^]. It's still pretty good, but I miss my original ergo keyboards.

    I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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    • L leckey 0

      I personally like the older MS "split" keyboards. I don't like the Wave version though. I once hired a student intern who wanted a "loud, clickity" keyboard. That made me laugh.

      Soon...very soon...http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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      Lost User
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      If that means he wanted a keyboard with real key switches, then I can understand him. I have one that's over 30 years old at home and it still works fine. It probably will still be around when many of the 'rubber bubble' types are long gone.

      At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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      • D Dalek Dave

        Best.Keyboard.Ever![^]

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        Keith Barrow
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        Best.Key.Ever.[^]

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        • H hairy_hats

          Clicky keyboards are the bane of the office containing more than one person. I would complain to HR if I was anywhere near one. My ideal would be a silent, wired keyboard and mouse.

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          Alexander DiMauro
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          viaducting wrote:

          Clicky keyboards are the bane of the office containing more than one person

          ...or the home office. Most of my work at home is done after everyone goes to sleep. My office is in a spare bedroom, next to all the other bedrooms. If I had a clicky keyboard, I think my family would hurt me...hurt me really bad... X|

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          • D Dalek Dave

            Cor Blimey! Welcome back to the land of the living! (Although it is hardly that, more a land of pallid, cubicle infesting, high IQ, bacon loving, zombie-bashing polyglots, but you get my drift).

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            leckey 0
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            Yes, I think I have put up enough distractions to keep my paranoid husband from checking my internet history. Yes, long story. Hoping to get back to CP FULL TIME if the distractions keep working.

            Eventually. Don't ask. Paranoid husband. Seriously, he had a true nervous breakdown. Again. Insert major *sigh*.

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            • T Tim Groven

              Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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              Mike Hankey
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              DO NOT get a Logitec Curve, I'm on my second on in less than 3 yrs and after about a year the keys start to stick. And yes I take care of it!

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              • T Tim Groven

                Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                NormDroid
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                I'm waiting for the Script Kiddie keyboard to appear, you know a keyboard like the ZX Spectrum where the function/shift/control keys in combination with the rest of the keyboard automatically type text, i.e. Shift B inserts <body> :)

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                • T Tim Groven

                  Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                  Lost User
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                  I can tell you a really bad one. We have recently bought a load of Getac toughbooks. They have put a Function key bottom left and moved the Ctrl key inwards. It's a bloody nightmare. Takes me two attempts to log in each time for a start.

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                  • T Tim Groven

                    Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                    TorstenH
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                    A keyboard is a personal tool. You're using it all day long (aside of the mouse). That's why I always use my own keyboard, I want something that feels good and fits my needs, not something that was just cheap or "was in the package". I currently use one Logitech compact keyboard (K300), because that one fits me with it's flat profile and narrow keys. I know quite some craftsman and most of them have own tools aside of the company's ones. and so do I.

                    regards Torsten When I'm not working

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                    • H hairy_hats

                      Clicky keyboards are the bane of the office containing more than one person. I would complain to HR if I was anywhere near one. My ideal would be a silent, wired keyboard and mouse.

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                      leckey 0
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                      About five years ago I hired a college intern who actually asked for a loud-clicky keyboard. That made me, and the help desk, laugh.

                      Whatever.

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                      • T Tim Groven

                        Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                        Henry Minute
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                        This[^] is an article linked to in a previous issue of The Insider. So long ago that it is lost in the mists of time. It's a good read and may also help you in your quest.

                        Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                        • L leckey 0

                          About five years ago I hired a college intern who actually asked for a loud-clicky keyboard. That made me, and the help desk, laugh.

                          Whatever.

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                          hairy_hats
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                          For years someone in my workplace refused to give up a keyboard that clicked on both down and upstrokes. I used to say that she only kept it because it sounded like she was typing twice as fast as she actually was. She didn't find it funny.

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                          • H Henry Minute

                            This[^] is an article linked to in a previous issue of The Insider. So long ago that it is lost in the mists of time. It's a good read and may also help you in your quest.

                            Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                            Tim Groven
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                            Thanks!

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                            • T TorstenH

                              A keyboard is a personal tool. You're using it all day long (aside of the mouse). That's why I always use my own keyboard, I want something that feels good and fits my needs, not something that was just cheap or "was in the package". I currently use one Logitech compact keyboard (K300), because that one fits me with it's flat profile and narrow keys. I know quite some craftsman and most of them have own tools aside of the company's ones. and so do I.

                              regards Torsten When I'm not working

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                              Tim Groven
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                              Agreed. I just don't know of many places that have a huge selection of keyboards that I can play with before buying. :(

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                              • T Tim Groven

                                Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                                Scott Serl
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                                I have the Das Keyboard Professional S "Silent" keyboard. It is similar to the one in the article, but has the Cherry "brown" ("silent") switches rather than the Cherry "blue" switches with the loud click. It is far from silent, but not too noisy. I liked it so well at home, I bought one for work as well. I really liked the original Microsoft Natural keyboard, but I have a couple of the later version in my parts bin, because I don't like them as well as the original.

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                                • T Tim Groven

                                  Based on the article Clicky keyboards[^], it got me thinking. I've always just bought whatever keyboard. There have been some I've liked more than others, but never put much thought into it when buying one. What are some really good keyboards out there?

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                                  melchizedek
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                                  Here's mine: Kinesis Freestyle

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                                  • H hairy_hats

                                    For years someone in my workplace refused to give up a keyboard that clicked on both down and upstrokes. I used to say that she only kept it because it sounded like she was typing twice as fast as she actually was. She didn't find it funny.

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                                    leckey 0
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                                    Wow. Isn't that the truth?!? I will question anyone in the future who wants a loud keyboard based on what you said. Then again, my "split keyboard" (not a wave keyboard) and an ergonomic mouse request seems to throw off most help desks'.

                                    Soon...very soon...http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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