[clue-tech] Keyboard recommendations

[Nate Duehr]

Oh, and for conversational "purposes"... 

Employer uses all IBM/Lenovo for laptops exclusively (some Dell for
desktops, but mostly IBM/Lenovo there too)... so at work I'm on a IBM
Model SK-8815 most of the day or the built-in keyboard on the laptop if
I'm "mobile" around the building.

At home on the "Windows machines" (via a KVM) I have a cool "Model M"
buckling spring type keyboard that includes a "nubby" mouse and mouse
buttons built into the keyboard.  

(Yeah, I'm a nubby guy... and yes, I disable the trackpad on my IBM/work
laptop.  I love watching people try to use my laptop... they slide their
finger around on the trackpad and look at the screen with a "WTF is
wrong with this thing?!" type of look!  LOL!)

On the Macs, the "chicklet" keyboards work fine, and remind me of my old
1984 vintage Tandy Color Computer I.  :-) :-P  I actually like that feel
if I MUST have a "squishy" keyboard, make the throws SHORT and the
bottoms able to handle my pounding typing style without bouncing back
and giving me rebound injuries.  LOL.

On the MacBook, it's usually REALLY in my lap (or on a lapdesk) and I
don't add the mouse, but I've gotten REALLY attached to two-finger
"gesture" scrolling, etc... on that trackpad.  Probably the only machine
I've ever felt the trackpad wasn't a pain in the butt.  It's an original
Macbook, so I don't think I can do three-finger and four-finger stuff,
but I'll figure that out someday when I upgrade it...

On the iMac (my wife's), the Apple wireless mouse and wireless keyboard
are on it because it sits on the coffee table... and that's what it came
with.  They work, but that mouse isn't my "favorite".  Tempted to put
one of those new Apple touch/gesture mice on it just to see how it
works... but it might drive my wife nuts.  

The only keyboard I liked but just really couldn't get "used to" and get
my speed up was the Sun keyboards around the Ultra V days, and beyond. 
Those things are long-throw, but "squishy" and that drives me nuts.  :-)

--
  Nate Duehr
  nate at natetech.com

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:57 -0700, "Nate Duehr" <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> I believe NewEgg has these on sale as either a part of "Cyber Monday" or
> just an all-week thing, if I remember properly.  Something like $25. 
> 
> Maybe that's normal price, I haven't priced keyboards in a long time,
> but anyway... here's the link: 
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109049
> 
> --
>   Nate Duehr
>   nate at natetech.com
> 
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:33 -0700, "John Fiala" <jcfiala at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unlike a number of the other folks on this line, I'm generally pretty
> > happy with the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.  A nice curve for the
> > ergonomic use, keys are generally where you want them to be, and it's
> > easy to get and somewhat cheap.  The only downside is that the group
> > of six home/end/delete;page up/page down/insert buttons are in a 2x3
> > layout rather than the usual 3x2 layout, but I don't use those a ton
> > and so they don't bother me.
> > 
> > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Todd A. Gibson
> > <tgibson at augustcouncil.com> wrote:
> > > Hello everybody,
> > > I'm in the market for a new keyboard.  Any recommendations for a
> > > touch-typist?  I'm open to considerting an ergonomic keyboard but that
> > > isn't a requirement--I don't use one presently.
> > > Thanks,
> > > -TAG
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