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osv1
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posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 12:44p
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itsme3
- Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 2:33p
Does anyone know how the keys feel on this keyboard? At work I have the lowest-end Microsoft ergonomic optical wireless desktop set, and the keys do not have a good feel at all. To me that is much more important than how many function buttons, etc that a keyboard has. Does anyone know if the wired keyboards have a better feel in the keys than the wirless ones? How about as you move up the expense range, do you just get more functions, or do you actually get a keyboard with better feeling keys. I prefer wireless to wired, and I prefer ergonomic, to a flat style, however my highest priority is a keyboard that has a good feel to the keys. Just as an aside, the best keyboard that I have attached to one of my systems is an IBM keyboard for an IBM PS/2 computer that was made around 1988. If you're of an age that you took a class called "Keyboarding" instead of "Typing," you might not be aware that once upon a time IBM made the best typewriters in the world, known as the IBM Selectric. When IBM started making the IBM PC, they transferred a lot of this keyboard knowledge to making computer keyboards. The peak of their computer keyboard design occurred in the the late 1980s, when IBM still had a very large share of the PC market. They saw market share eroding and thought they could recapture more of the market with something called microchannel architecture by trying to lock everyone into IBM. It backfired terribly, and IBM lost huge market share in the PC industry. After that they could no longer afford to put so much money into their keyboards due to competitive pressures. I have a 1998 IBM (desktop) keyboard that has a built-in trackpointer that still has a fairly good feel, but it's nowhere nearly as good as the PS/2 one from 1988. In later years the IBM keyboards seemed to stand out less and less from their counterparts. Does anyone know of any modern keyboard that has the same feel that the PS/2 keyboards had from the late 1980s? |
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MISURICK
- Senior Member - 10K
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 2:37p
so - ?! does anyone has this keyboard to give a brief review ?!  |
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sajmy3
- Senior Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 2:39p
Old Style "Clicky-Clack" keyboards with modern features--not inexpensive though-- at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net// |
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itsme3
- Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 2:48p
After doing some research, I have found out a lot more about the keyboard I just mentioned. You can see more info: at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Model_M_Keyboard Thanks sajmy3. It looks like that company bought out IBM's technology, and so they are producing new keyboards, which would be the best for me. If anyone is interested in the originals, http://www.clickykeyboards.com seems to have quite a few of the older ones as well. It would seem to me that any patents on the original would now have expired and so anyone who wanted to could manufacture them, but I guess the cost is just too high and the demand too low. If only people had any idea what they were missing. Some funny quotes concerning this keyboard are at: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=IBM Model M Keyboard. Including: 1 said: These keyboards truly are indestructable. Some time ago, I was at an anti-smoking assembly, and there was a part where they smashed old computers up to prove what a waste of money smoking is. They invited students to come up onstage and smash old IBM computers with a sledgehammer. The IBM PS/2 case split open like soft cheese when hit, and so did IBM's CGA monitors. However, when one student tried to smash a Model M keyboard, I couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes. The keyboard would not break apart after repeated blows with the sledgehammer. Keys went flying everywhere, but the keyboard remained intact. The student gave up and smashed another PS/2 computer. and 2 said: I will die slumped over this Keyboard. You can have mine after you pry it out of my cold, dead, fingers. |
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yesidonoitall
- Senior Member - 10K
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 4:46p
Who is gogamer? Will they ship? Will they scam my cc? |
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NxN2005
- Senior Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 5:12p
yesidonoitall said:Who is gogamer?
Will they ship? Will they scam my cc? gogamer has been around for years and is a reputable retailer. |
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candsave
- Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 9:58p
wow nice price real firework in for 1 thanks |
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jchincha
- Member
posted: Jul. 5, 2009 @ 12:35a
gogamer description said:Additional Features: Detachable Palm Rest Sleep and Log Off Hot Keys Spill Resistant 3 Year WarrantyAwesome, a sleep key. Been looking for a replacement keyboard with a sleep key for a decent price for ages. In for one. Thank you, OP! |
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thumpergeek
- Cockleburr
posted: Jul. 5, 2009 @ 1:17p
Thanks OP, this looks like a good deal. |
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RK73
- New Member
posted: Jul. 5, 2009 @ 8:26p
Nice find! BTW, the price is $4.90 now  |
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kimme
- Member
posted: Jul. 6, 2009 @ 3:17a
Well actually my son is really good at gaming, but he is very picky he wanted a razor key board, I am just cheap and I don't want to spend a fortune on a keyboard. but if he does not want it I will give it to someone else no big deal. I am just not into gaming, I do not like them and I work alot, I do not no much about computers so just thought I would ask. my son is very smart when it comes to computers, for christmas I bought all the things he wanted to redo his computer and it was a pretty penny. learned my lesson and those graphics cards are very expensive... |
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dondavi
- Cranky Member
posted: Jul. 7, 2009 @ 3:41a
$12.90 now....I'm missing out on all the deals these last few days....snooze and lose. |
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