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Being a keyboard connoisseur, I own the Majestouch tenkeyless, the CM QuickFire, Happy Hacking keyboard, model M IBM keyboard, several Apple aluminum, Northgate

by mmgutz 13y ago

Being a keyboard connoisseur, I own the Majestouch tenkeyless, the CM QuickFire, Happy Hacking keyboard, model M IBM keyboard, several Apple aluminum, Northgate ... many more. My favorite are the Majestouch and QuickFire due to their shorter width minus the number pad which I never use. The same quality really. My Majestouch failed on me and it was 2.5X more in cost. QuickFire is highly recommended. Choosing the right QuickFire is important. Cherry keys code named brown, black, blue, red have their own characteristics. I like the Blue keys followed by Brown for coding. If noise is an issue, it's hard to beat the Apple aluminum keyboards both wireless and wired. I use Apple keyboars on my Win7 boxes too. Never been fond of the happy hacking keyboard. Keys aren't in the "usual" places. It got about a weeks worth of use. I do like the Ctrl key where the Caps lock is though and I configure that key through the operating system on all my keyboards.

ccoggins 13y ago
I'll second the QuickFire with the blue switches. I actually bought one to bring in to work. Luckily the people in the cubes around me didn't mind the noise.
astrodust 13y ago
The new style Apple keyboards are probably the best I've ever used, and I was very skeptical at first. The low-travel, low-impact nature of them makes them easy, almost effortless to use. This compared to the rather heavy-handed typing you'd need to do on a full-travel keyboard, especially a mechanical one. My only two grievances with the Apple keyboards is you cannot service them, can't rescue from an unfortunate spill by dismantling and cleaning, and the caps are made of a softer plastic that wears down relatively quickly. My typical "work" keyboard will last only about two years. Older types of keyboards would last longer, maybe four years at most, but would be in really rough shape, with most of the letter caps worn blank, and due for a swap anyway.

by mmgutz 13y ago

ccoggins 13y ago

I'll second the QuickFire with the blue switches. I actually bought one to bring in to work. Luckily the people in the cubes around me didn't mind the noise.

astrodust 13y ago

The new style Apple keyboards are probably the best I've ever used, and I was very skeptical at first. The low-travel, low-impact nature of them makes them easy, almost effortless to use. This compared to the rather heavy-handed typing you'd need to do on a full-travel keyboard, especially a mechanical one. My only two grievances with the Apple keyboards is you cannot service them, can't rescue from an unfortunate spill by dismantling and cleaning, and the caps are made of a softer plastic that wears down relatively quickly. My typical "work" keyboard will last only about two years. Older types of keyboards would last longer, maybe four years at most, but would be in really rough shape, with most of the letter caps worn blank, and due for a swap anyway.