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jallport:
HP modular keyboard; 

Media buttons I actually want (Vol-up, vol-dn, mute), the numpad can detach and be used on left or right, plus numpad has TAB, backspace and delete keys, plus a handy calculator shortcut, all v.useful, and it was only £2 ($3, €3) more than the standard model.

Keypress is soft-ish, no click, just what I like.

I can also add more modules if I want, like smartcard reader and bluetooth until my keyboard is 4 feet wide!!!

wasker:
Microsoft Natural Multimedia all the way! :Thmbsup: Thanks to this keyboard I created I Hate This Key. :)

Love its multimedia buttons, because I'm also a music fan.

nudone:
up until the beginning of this year i'd been using a $5.00 type keyboard - it's been going for years and i can't say there's anything wrong with it.

now, at home, i'm using a 'Saitek Eclipse' as it appears to be highly recommended in hardware reviews. okay, it looks a bit funky but it seems like a quality item to me.

http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/eclipse.htm

when at work, i use the most disgusting keyboards you can imagine. it's a school, so you can guarantee that every bacteria there has ever been is smothered over all over the keyboards.

noth(a)nk.you:
No offense meant to wasker, but those interested in programs like

I Hate This Key.
-wasker (April 06, 2006, 10:39 AM)
--- End quote ---

could complete [most of] the same tasks (for free) with AHK.

For instance, I'm enjoying this implementation to get rid of erroneous F1 presses.

Further inspection shows that it has some good features.  MS Natural Keyboard users should especially take note of



to avoid manual registry changes.

edit: Took a closer look, changes in bold-face.

LuckMan212:
I love ALPS keyswitches (buckling-spring technology -- google it)  This is the same tech used in the old IBM "M" keyboards which you can only buy on ebay now.

My current keyboard of choice is the "Classic 101/104" from PCKeyboard.com
I have the black/grey model:  http://www.pckeyboard.com/images/ub40416LG.jpg

None of those cheap-ass membrane keyboards can even come close to the feel, action and durability of a buckling-sping keyboard.  Plus the sound is really cool I think; when I talk to people on the phone they always say "man it sounds like you're working really hard!!" -- this is due to each keypress making 2 distinct "clicks", so it sounds like I am typing 240 words per minute...hehe

However, I recently found a pretty sick looking keyboard that is supposed to also use some high-quality cherry keyswitches that are rated for like 10+ years of use.  These boards are illuminated and come in various LED colors, looks very cool:
http://www.deckkeyboards.com/index.php

 ;)

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