The Best Keyboard Ever - $8.99

[Colin McGregor]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:15 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After having gone through Logitech, Microsoft, Keytronics, IBM, Happy
> Hacker, and Razer, I come to the best keyboard of them:
>
>    Gateway USB keyboard OEM - $8.99 at Canada Computers

I assume you mean this keyboard:

www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_280_282&item_id=025972

> - It doesn't need drivers like Razer, which loses keys or generates
>  spurious signals when flipping between X and console, or between
>  multiple X's.
> - standard IBM 104 layout -- probably just re-branded Keytronics with
>  IBM layout.
> - Esc/Fx rows are very close to the main keys (1.5 of the normal row
>  separation) -- good for Vi mode.
> - quiet, short keystroke, almost like Happy Hacker but less rattling of
>  keys.
>
> Buy them.

No.

My personal preference is the Microsoft "natural" keyboards. They look
ugly as @#$% but they are VERY comfortable to type on. For
day-in/day-out typing I'll take comfort over looks (though the above
keyboard does look nice)...

Colin McGregor

> --
> William
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