100% agreement here. I don't care how my keyboard looks. I don't want it to light up: I find that tacky and garish. I care about how it feels under my fingers

100% agreement here. I don't care how my keyboard looks. I don't want it to light up: I find that tacky and garish. I care about how it feels under my fingers. The more key travel, the better, up to a point. I don't need a mechanical typewriter. A centimetre or so is good, though. A millimetre doesn't cut it. I want keys I can locate my hands on without looking. I want rake, staggered, sculpted keys. I don't want flat buttons: those are for picking the floor in a lift, not typing on. I don't have the problems you have with trackpads, but when I'm typing on my lap, I disable it anyway.