Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven

heresmo · 12-10-2008, 14:54

See, I have a light touch. I'm fed up with having to bash each key

or go back and fill in the missing letters Grrrrr.

Are manufacturers now making keyboards more to accommodate the pressure menfolk exert?

Posting this here as might be just me

PS: How are you meant to recyle the darn things? I keep keeping them in case an old one might be better than the current disaster, but there comes a time when even I have to consider mundane things

Sorry, couldn't help laughing at my own joke there

Mo

westerdam2 · 12-10-2008, 15:03

Oops. Thought you wanted to replace one of these

My new pc keyboard is too light.

You just need to look at it and it types zxpw92%2/]a7...............

Interphase · 12-10-2008, 15:24

I brought myself a Zboard Merc a year or so back for £25 and it's proven to be incredibly tough. It's designed as a gaming keyboard with a built in pad geared towards FPS games, but the quality of the main keys is superb and it allows multiple key presses to a degree that would have normal keyboards overflowing their buffers.

heresmo · 12-10-2008, 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Interphase

I brought myself a Zboard Merc a year or so back for £25 and it's proven to be incredibly tough. It's designed as a gaming keyboard with a built in pad geared towards FPS games, but the quality of the main keys is superb and it allows multiple key presses to a degree that would have normal keyboards overflowing their buffers.

Me want one

Where buy pretty please?

@ westerdam2: Swop wiv yer?????

Re the other keyboard, I have one, a Yahama as I always wanted to learn piano

Went for lessons to a teacher from a postcard ad in a shop window and he had two - one I would say was "normal" and one more like Reginald Dixon in Blackpool Tower and insisted that I learn on that one... Hmmm. Why, I don't know. However, I did learn how to play "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside; Oh, I do like to be beside the sea..."

Mo

corradoboy · 12-10-2008, 19:48

Simple, sleek, stylish, beautiful, elegant, ergonomic and tactile......

DaveHarries · 12-10-2008, 20:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by corradoboy

Simple, sleek, stylish, beautiful, elegant, ergonomic and tactile......

...... and thin as a rake!

Dave

heresmo · 12-10-2008, 20:09

I found this when I was was Googling a couple of hours ago and it got very good reviews. Got a feeling it's Mac-only though.

Mo

corradoboy · 12-10-2008, 20:15

It's USB, so should work with either. We occasionally use Dell/Kingston keyboards with our Macs so it should work vice-versa. You may need to change one or two configurations for some symbols, maybe.

stuart_hatch · 12-10-2008, 22:32

It will work with pc's, or get a bluetooth dongle and get the wireless one:

Browny_37 · 12-10-2008, 23:02

Im still using a 12-15 year old IBM Keyboard, still works like magic!

BMF · 12-10-2008, 23:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveHarries

...... and thin as a rake!

Dave

If that's thin for you check out this one, probably the best invention of the century for dirty tards like myself

it's cheap too, I wonder how a normal keyboard would handle the junk I usually spill on them like tobacco,energy drinks,coke,pepsi,dust,finger nails,oil and such...

Tom_vRS · 13-10-2008, 11:07

The Mac ones are lush, yes you may have to configure a couple of the buttons, no biggy.

I love the old IBM ones, very pricey still though, and annoy everyone within hearing distance too. Very robust, but not a "light touch"

I really like my Dell XPS laptop keyboard, not that it helps you Mo...

heresmo · 13-10-2008, 13:33

I'll have to see what's in the shops that I can try. Game has no Zmerc's in stock online, so they must be popular. They might get stock for Xmas so will ask locally about those.

My son had a flexible one which he liked when learning, but went off it once he could touch type. Brilliant against orange juice and crumbs though.

The flat Apple one looks promising, especially for typing with longer fingernails where one keeps fingers flat.

Thanks for all the info

Mo

yegnold · 13-10-2008, 13:36

I really rate all Logitech wireless keyboards for their durability and touch softness.

cloverleaf · 13-10-2008, 15:38

I've got a wireless flat (laptop layout) belkin one which has so far survived nearly 2 years of abuse. Quite often using oily fingers, it's still perfectly legible, none of the buttons are sticky either in motion or when it comes to making contact and I have so far been pretty impressed with it. It usually covers at least 15,000 words a month and has been working since day one without a hitch. The battery life is usually at least 6 months too from a pair of AAA's.

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heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,571 Members Car: Thanks: 52 Thanked 150 Times in 126 Posts	Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven See, I have a light touch. I'm fed up with having to bash each key or go back and fill in the missing letters Grrrrr. Are manufacturers now making keyboards more to accommodate the pressure menfolk exert? Posting this here as might be just me PS: How are you meant to recyle the darn things? I keep keeping them in case an old one might be better than the current disaster, but there comes a time when even I have to consider mundane things Sorry, couldn't help laughing at my own joke there Mo __________________

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westerdam2 Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Scotland Posts: 2,380 Members Car: Was Superb Elegance 2.8v6, now Saab 2.0t Aero Thanks: 34 Thanked 68 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven Oops. Thought you wanted to replace one of these My new pc keyboard is too light. You just need to look at it and it types zxpw92%2/]a7...............

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Interphase Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 362 Members Car: 2002 Octavia RS Thanks: 14 Thanked 32 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven I brought myself a Zboard Merc a year or so back for £25 and it's proven to be incredibly tough. It's designed as a gaming keyboard with a built in pad geared towards FPS games, but the quality of the main keys is superb and it allows multiple key presses to a degree that would have normal keyboards overflowing their buffers.

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corradoboy Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 667 Members Car: 05 Fabia vRS Thanks: 3 Thanked 47 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven Simple, sleek, stylish, beautiful, elegant, ergonomic and tactile...... __________________ Diesel - Goes like stink

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heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,571 Members Car: Thanks: 52 Thanked 150 Times in 126 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven I found this when I was was Googling a couple of hours ago and it got very good reviews. Got a feeling it's Mac-only though. Mo __________________

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corradoboy Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 667 Members Car: 05 Fabia vRS Thanks: 3 Thanked 47 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven It's USB, so should work with either. We occasionally use Dell/Kingston keyboards with our Macs so it should work vice-versa. You may need to change one or two configurations for some symbols, maybe. __________________ Diesel - Goes like stink

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stuart_hatch Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 661 Members Car: Fabia Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven It will work with pc's, or get a bluetooth dongle and get the wireless one: __________________

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Tom_vRS Briskodaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fenland, Cambridgeshire Posts: 11,559 Members Car: '97R BMW 328i Saloon Thanks: 679 Thanked 436 Times in 313 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven The Mac ones are lush, yes you may have to configure a couple of the buttons, no biggy. I love the old IBM ones, very pricey still though, and annoy everyone within hearing distance too. Very robust, but not a "light touch" I really like my Dell XPS laptop keyboard, not that it helps you Mo... __________________ 97/R BMW 328i in Boston Green.

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heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,571 Members Car: Thanks: 52 Thanked 150 Times in 126 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven I'll have to see what's in the shops that I can try. Game has no Zmerc's in stock online, so they must be popular. They might get stock for Xmas so will ask locally about those. My son had a flexible one which he liked when learning, but went off it once he could touch type. Brilliant against orange juice and crumbs though. The flat Apple one looks promising, especially for typing with longer fingernails where one keeps fingers flat. Thanks for all the info Mo __________________

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cloverleaf Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 175 Members Car: Thanks: 1 Thanked 20 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Want new keyboard! My spare room is like keyboard heaven I've got a wireless flat (laptop layout) belkin one which has so far survived nearly 2 years of abuse. Quite often using oily fingers, it's still perfectly legible, none of the buttons are sticky either in motion or when it comes to making contact and I have so far been pretty impressed with it. It usually covers at least 15,000 words a month and has been working since day one without a hitch. The battery life is usually at least 6 months too from a pair of AAA's.

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