Keyboards

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Keyboards have been much on my mind recently - I thought I was going to have to replace my favourite, used another for a couple of months and found that my speed and accuracy plummeted, and have now managed to get the old one working again.


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[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

The last 3 keyboards I've had, the letters have worn off the keys remarkably quickly. Hell, even this new one from Dell which is only a few months old, the N and M keys are starting to go already. Don't know what sort of paint they're using these days, but it must be cheap.

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The one I've been using, and can't get on with because it has all the little Windows keys etc. which get in the way, seems to have been designed for people with sight problems and is exceptional in having all the letters etched into the key tops and filled with white paint, so that will presumably never happen. Made by Cherry, turns out to be phenomenally expensive.

http://www.keyboardspecialists.co.uk/product/by_manufacturer/bigkeys/K-LP-WB/Desktop.htm

Think I paid a fiver for it in Portobello Road. Before you ask, I'm going to keep it as my backup, it's better than any other non-IBM keyboard I've found.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

A hundred and twenty nine pounds! For a keyboard! Ye gods.

... I'd expect that one to last a lifetime. And then some.

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It feels robust, though not in the same league as IBM. As I said, it seems to be designed for partially sighted users, children, etc. so undoubtedly they thought about ruggedness.