A month ago my nice Logitech wireless keyboard died. I don't know why. I won't be getting another wireless keyboard. A wireless mouse is nice because you move the mouse and having the wire pulling on the mouse and getting hung up on things annoys me but the keyboard never goes anyway so wireless seems rather pointless. As far as actual typing goes there was nothing special about this particular keyboard and I would consider it pretty average.
Right now I am using an ancient and cheap keyboard which barely functions. I need a new one. I have gone through a lot of keyboards over the years. I am tired of the crappy $20 keyboards and try not to buy them anymore. I tend to eat at the computer and the keyboard gets dirty after a few years. I wish someone made a nice easy to clean keyboard. I also want a keyboard without those silly Windows keys or special buttons for "email" and "IM" and "Interweb" and whatever else. As far as easy to clean goes this looks ideal: http://www.projection-keyboard.com/store/main.html And it should last forever. But I am skeptical whether one could ever really touch type on it. A more practical possibility might be: http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=K000-023&id=C1CpR1mwBREC8 The Happy Hacker keyboards were talked about when they first came out in 2000 or so and got good reviews. Control key in the right place, no windows keys, compact, supposedly of good construction. I like this particular model because it has nothing printed on the keys. When people ask me how I can use it with nothing written on the keys I will reply "I know how to type." :) But $250?! Ouch. Or how about a tried and true classic, The IBM Model M keyboard: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/ These things are built like tanks, last forever, and have that very satisfying (to the user, not to others nearby who may be trying to sleep) clicky sound and feel to them. They go for around $150 which is pricey but I'm not averse to paying good money for a good tool which I spend many hours every day using. And then there is the ergonomic route: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/evol_desk.htm They seem to be out of stock at the moment but I wonder if a widely separated split keyboard might improve my typing as well as help avoid carpal tunnel or other problems. Wish I could try each one of these out for a week and then buy. Anyone have any opinions? -- Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
