Fair point. In the context of the article we're talking about a highly specialized office environment, where bios/live boot environments etc. do not happen oft

Fair point. In the context of the article we're talking about a highly specialized office environment, where bios/live boot environments etc. do not happen often. There, a software solution is useful and cheap. In the more general case, and for those people that do not mind carrying their own keyboard everywhere, you are right. Especially since a keyboard that expensive probably lasts for a long enough time...