Microsoft
used to make some really good keyboards. But about 8 years ago they started making junk. The last MS keyboard I could actually type on was the Wireless Multimedia one (now discontinued).
Keyboards in the last few years have had:
- Mushy key feel. I can't tell when I've actually done a keystroke.
- Keys that are hard to strike (need to press on them just right, or they hang up or don't register). This is particularly bad on the wider keys.
- Keytops too close together; I mash multiple keys.
- Embarrassingly bad features: Function-key lock is the classic one here. Let's not talk about the 'diamond' arrow keys that have occasionally appeared.
I'd buy half a dozen "Natural" keyboards with decent Cherry hardware running the show, ESC in the right spot, and no wacky features. I don't even need a numeric keypad. I'd pay more money for some remapping (though just about any 20 cent microcontroller will have enough EEPROM to do this).
Whaddya say, Microsoft? Care to make a good keyboard again?
Keyboards in the last few years have had:
- Mushy key feel. I can't tell when I've actually done a keystroke.
- Keys that are hard to strike (need to press on them just right, or they hang up or don't register). This is particularly bad on the wider keys.
- Keytops too close together; I mash multiple keys.
- Embarrassingly bad features: Function-key lock is the classic one here. Let's not talk about the 'diamond' arrow keys that have occasionally appeared.
I'd buy half a dozen "Natural" keyboards with decent Cherry hardware running the show, ESC in the right spot, and no wacky features. I don't even need a numeric keypad. I'd pay more money for some remapping (though just about any 20 cent microcontroller will have enough EEPROM to do this).
Whaddya say, Microsoft? Care to make a good keyboard again?