it provides a tactile sensation that I personally enjoy. I find it similar to loading a gun, or shifting a manual transmission, or attaching a lens on an SLR s

it provides a tactile sensation that I personally enjoy. I find it similar to loading a gun, or shifting a manual transmission, or attaching a lens on an SLR style camera, or opening a well-built safe, or opening the door to a heavy luxury sedan. There is some sort of mechanical response and feedback that modern keyboards somehow lack. It's hard to describe. Good modern mechanical keyboards come close, though. I have no delusions that model M style keyboards are superior; I just like the way they feel.