On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 14:10, Carl Cerecke wrote: > After hearing the Slashdot geeks rave about the IBM Model M keyboard, > when I saw one today for sale for $5, I couldn't resist buying it to try > out.
They wouldn't be quite so cool if they were AT plugs.... IBM did a good thing there. > This is my first email composed using the Model M. It's definitely a > well built keyboard, but quite noisy. The tactile feedback is the best > out of any keyboard I can remember using. I think I'll use it as my > keyboard of choice from now on. It was manufactured in 93, and feels > like it will last at least another 10 years, prbably much longer. They're too big is the problem... an extra inch all around seems like a lot. I prefer generic compaq keyboards now. Mind you - they're good for thwacking recalicant equipment either back into shape or permenantly into the skip... > The only problem is the \ key is in the "wrong" place. The best position > for the \ key is to the right of the left-shift. The worst place is next > to backspace. the 2nd worst is right of ', and 3rd worst is between > enter and backspace. The Model M has 3rd worst. Oh, and no > microsoft-advertising on any of the keys either - I never used those > keys anyway. Fair enough - but how many other keys are there on the keyboard that you don't use.... PrntScrn/SysRq? the entire numeric keypad? etc etc. The standard keyboard layout just keeps growing and growing because no manufacturer is keen on removing a potentially useful key. Which is why laptops have such small keytops, to make room for them all.
