On 05/31/2016 11:21 AM, Dave Wade wrote: > I don't like the Model "M" keyboard. It's a bit like wanting a > tracker organ rather than my Yamaha EL90. The keys require > significant pressure to operate and if you are not used to it its > actually hard work. I am not really used to this Lenovo Thinkpad T410 > keyboard, but the Thinkpad laptop keyboards haven't really altered > For a long time, even though IBM sold the business to Lenovo.
It could be a matter of what you learned to touch-type on. For me, it was a manual Underwood office machine. It took some time to get used to an electric typewriter--too twitchy. One thing that's probably been lost to time is the need for a uniform striking force when using a manual typewriter. With that in mind, the Model M is the best of the recent (<30 years) lot. Nothing wrong with tracker-action organs, IMOHO. There's an immediacy of "feel" to them, not easily reproduced by electronic/electrical/pneumatic keying. I'm speaking from the home town of John Brombaugh, so allowances must be made, naturally. Just call me an old fossil. --Chuck
