On 2012-11-05, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > and my prized possession: a Dell-branded Model-M craftily lifted out of > the corner where it was hiding and no-one knew what it even was :-)
Microsoft can't touch IBM when it comes to quality keyboards. The keyboard that came with my 8Mhz IBM PC-AT back in 1986 still gets used every day and still works as good as the day I unpacked it. It's an absolutely brilliant job of engineering and manufacturing. I'm also very fond the IBM "space saver" keyaboard with the built in "eraser nub" mouse keys and _without_ the waste-of-space numeric keypad. I'm an engineer, not a checkout clerk at a grocery store... I _really_ wanted to like my happy hacker keyboard, but the key action was just too stiff and vague. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm DESPONDENT ... I at hope there's something gmail.com DEEP-FRIED under this miniature DOMED STADIUM ...