Keyboards

[logox]

What is the best keyboard (usb) i can get for $50 or less ?

 

[hang-the-9]

Depends on what is "best" to you? Lots of buttons, macros, size, mechanism type? You need to try them out before you pick one, head to a store and type on some.

 

[anwaypasible]

the microsoft ergonomic 4000 keyboard is a favorite of mine.
the buttons have the normal draw of a desktop keyboard.. not the small draw that laptop keyboards have.
some people like the smaller stroke.. since it takes less effort to push the button all the way down.
but
as far as comfort goes, it took some time to get used to.. but i can clearly see that it is healthier, and i stuck with it.. i am glad i did.
i even spilled some juice onto the keyboard and some buttons quit working.
i went out and bought another one, exact same model number.
i like to put the lift on the front of the keyboard to lift up the wrist rest.

going back to a regular keyboard now is a torturing nightmare.
i quickly realize all of the health benefits of switching to the TRUE ergonomic design.
those other designs simply toy with the idea of ergonomics.
if your fingers have bad joints.. you would want a keyboard with lowered middle keys?
probably depends on the aches and pains.
but
the rest of it is all about the twisting of the keys.
not the MILD twist either.
as they are a joke and a toy from the real product.

i lay my hands down and type.. no twisting or searching.
all of the outer buttons, like the backspace button.. i reach it with a simple slide of my right to the right.
its like 1/8th of an inch movement.. and i see people 'going to the jungle' with their 'standard' keyboards.

 

[logox]

Best answer selected by logox.

 

[logox]

thanks