My New Keyboard
For the past year and a half I've been using a
Wireless Optical Desktop Pro set on my home machine. I liked it well enough but it went away and I was stuck with my
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
that I'd had for years. I didn't like it and went looking for a new
keyboard (I'm ok using an Intellimouse Opticial for now). I saw the
product announcements from Logitech and Microsoft and was drooling over
some of the upcoming offerings (
LCD screens and all). The first keyboard that was available that I was remotely interested in was the
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000. I was actually more interested in the
Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (who comes up with these awful names?) or the
Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 but they were not yet available. Since the MCC2000 was only $17 I ordere one to tide me over. I
love
this thing. It remids me of typing on the excellent Thinkpad keyboard.
It took a little bit to get used to the key locations on the curve but
that really didn't take too long.
Thank goodness they got rid of the strange layout around the Insert,
Home, Delete etc keys. Check out the layout on the Desktop Pro with the
oversized Delete key and the missing Insert key (ok, it is not missing
entirely but the way the have it setup it is essentially unusable.
Listen to this Microsoft: I use the Insert key!). I much prefer the
'standard' way the MCC2000 has those keys layed out.
I like this thing enough I might just buy a second one and put it on my desk at work. Nice work Microsoft Hardware division!