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Re: Keyboards I Have Loved and Lost -- Was: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ?
Subject:Re: Keyboards I Have Loved and Lost -- Was: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ? From:Alec Chakenov <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Anne Robotti <arobotti -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:15:37 +0700
Concerning "anything wireless". I like my Logitech MK-520 wireless keyboard
and mouse very much. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-combo-mk520?crid=27
I've been using them heavily for more than a year, and I've never thought
about changing the batteries or anything like that.
2013/1/5 Anne Robotti <arobotti -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Worst keyboards:
>
> - Bloomberg Keyboards <shudder>
> - Ergonomic keyboards
> - Anything wireless
>
> I'm sure I just dated myself.
>
> Anne
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:
>
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > Monique's question reminded me of the keyboards I still mourn as I clack
> > away on the latest plastic waffle that came with my latest desktop
> computer.
> >
> > Best keyboard EVAH: IBM Selectric II.
> >
> > Oh, wait, maybe I should conbfine myself the digital age!
> >
> >
> > Second best keyboard: Various rock-solid IBM keyboards of the late 80s
> and
> > early 90s. I missed each one after I'd moved on to another computer, but
> > they were all good.
> >
> > Third best keyboard: Corded keyboard I saved on a whim before recycling
> my
> > Micron WhateverItWas four or five years ago. Boy was I glad I kept it
> when
> > my wireless Logitech keyboard didn't work when I had to hit F10 during
> the
> > boot sequence when I got the Black Screen of Death. It has a nice touch,
> > too.
> >
> > Everything feels -- and sounds -- like a tinkertoy compared to those
> early
> > keyboards.
> >
> > Do you still miss a particular keyboard?
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