Qiuet Keyboards with Tactile Feedback?

zerOnIne asks: "Like many geeks I know, I love good old clicky mechanical tactile-feedback keyboards. I've got an IBM Model M (101 key) on the server, and a Linux CoolKeyboard on my desktop, and I wouldn't want to part with them. The problem is, though, that my wife and I live in a studio apartment, and my desk is necessarily right next to the bed alcove. This poses a problem on nights, like tonight, when I want to get some late-night hacking in, and she needs to get some sleep: my typing can rather loud if I get going. Is there a keyboard out there that can give me the mechanical feel of an IBM-101, but without the noise? As an aside note, whatever happened to the Linux CoolKeyboards company?"

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Re:Buy from the original IBM/Lexmark keyboard guys

[Zapman]

One day when I feel right about spending $50-$60 on a keyboard

I used to feel the same way, then someone asked me a profound question: What parts of the computer do you interact with the most?

the answer is the keyboard, the mouse and the monitor.

I contend that someone should spend a larger percentage of the computer cost on the keyboard and monitor. I love my logitec trackman wheel, and I love my old, IBM full clicky keyboard.

If I had to do it now, I'd spend money on one of those 'happy hacker' keyboards or something similar.