Yes, yes. I've owned several Model M's myself (probably still have one around here somewhere). They are a very solid keyboard. They are also loud enough to w

Yes, yes. I've owned several Model M's myself (probably still have one around here somewhere). They are a very solid keyboard. They are also loud enough to wake the dead! Seriously, has anyone else here tried to type on one of those while talking to someone on the phone (like, when doing tech support)? Anyone else here used one of these to work on a school assignment, or a work project in the wee hours of the night--in a house where others are trying to sleep nearby? That's a recipe for disaster. I do like the weight of the Model M (it stays put), and I like the feet that prop up the back of the keyboard to put it at a nice angle. While those features are nice, I still prefer a keyboard that doesn't scream out my every keystroke as if I were typing with a nailgun instead of a keyboard. I prefer my slightly-less ancient keyboard (only about 12 years old). I use an IBM model KB-8923 (which I believe was manufactured in 1997). It has a very similar layout to the Model M, except it does have those 3 nasty "Windows" keys (which I ignore). It is also heavy enough to stay put while I type, and at the same time is much quieter (without being "mushy", like a lot of keyboards are -- providing no pushback to the fingers at all). Like the Model M and many (most?) keyboards, it also has the feet that prop up the back corners. Fortunately for me, I bought this keyboard at a liquidation store (there were probably 20 or 30 of them in a stack for $1 to $2 each (in 2001). I think I bought 4 or 5 of them which I have used with different computers since then, perhaps giving some away with machines I gave to others. I wish I had bought the entire stack for that price. I have been that happy with them. I think one of the ones I bought started being unreliable, but only after much abuse (cracker/cookie/sandwich/whatever crumbs and probably one too many coffee/soda/water spills probably did it in). The rest are still in service.