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From: Andy Hewitt on 5 Jun 2010 09:14 I'm looking at getting a new keyboard. I don't really need the wireless anymore, and these Macally ones I got are pretty rubbish (the keys feel like they're in the wrong pace, and it keeps doing multiple presses). The ones I favour are: Apple Aloominum extended Matius USB 2.0 Cherry Initial What say the forum? -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 5 Jun 2010 09:20 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:14:28 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: >I'm looking at getting a new keyboard. I don't really need the wireless >anymore, and these Macally ones I got are pretty rubbish (the keys feel >like they're in the wrong pace, and it keeps doing multiple presses). > >The ones I favour are: > >Apple Aloominum extended >Matius USB 2.0 >Cherry Initial > >What say the forum? I say it's too personal to take recommendations. The Apple is lovely if you think the current laptop keyboards (and the wireless alu) are lovely. The Mattius is lovely if you like deep, heavy clicky (if it's the one I think it is). The Cherry I don't know, but my favourite keyboards by them were light clicky ones. All very different, all beloved by many, but not often the same folks. Cheers - Jaimie -- None of this will matter in 20 billion years.
From: Gwynne Harper on 5 Jun 2010 09:52 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > All very different, all beloved by many, but not often the same folks. True for so many things in life. Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line.
From: Elliott Roper on 5 Jun 2010 10:15 In article <pjjk06pnkdikb4ovnlij7cblj0ngbljlhh(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:14:28 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) > wrote: > > >I'm looking at getting a new keyboard. I don't really need the wireless > >anymore, and these Macally ones I got are pretty rubbish (the keys feel > >like they're in the wrong pace, and it keeps doing multiple presses). not to mention dropping l's > >The ones I favour are: > > > >Apple Aloominum extended > >Matius USB 2.0 > >Cherry Initial > > > >What say the forum? > > I say it's too personal to take recommendations. I agree it is a personal thing. As I grew to love the soft short travel of the 12" G4 Powerbook, the clickiness and dirt of the white things became less desirable. I have been using the full aluminium USB pretty hard for a while now, and everything else (except the beloved 12" G4) feels rather ordinary, and looks tacky. My G4 mini mail server died of heat exhaustion this morning, so I had to dust off the Bondi iMac's keyboard and puck mouse and an old DEC CRT monitor. Gaack! I'm so glad keyboards have moved on from there. (It turned out the mini's bottom air intake slots were totally clogged with dust, it is fine now, and the fan is far quieter. Oops!) -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Chris Ridd on 5 Jun 2010 10:20
On 2010-06-05 15:15:59 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > (It turned out the mini's bottom air intake slots were totally clogged > with dust, it is fine now, and the fan is far quieter. Oops!) Hooray! But what did you use to clean the intake slots - a vacuum cleaner or compressed air? Am I in the wrong thread? -- Chris |