Silent Keyboards for Silent PCs?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday December 20, 2003 @05:18AM from the well-if-the-mice-can-be-quiet... dept.

Kethinov asks: "Following up on the question asked in this story, I have a similar problem as he did except my late night coding (typing) sessions, not my clicking, seem to generating excess noise for the people I'm living with. I, as he did, checked out this possible solution, but to be honest, I can't type on anything but a standard-layout keyboard. Now, I too can search Google, but just looking at a possible solution doesn't help much. Does anyone on Slashdot have experience in this matter, from which I could better narrow my choices?"

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Re:Touch Stream Keyboards by jabberjaw · 2003-12-20 06:46 · Score: 4, Interesting

In addition, if you happen to have a 15" tiBook you can get a drop in touchstream keyboard
Remove the springs by no_such_user · 2003-12-21 13:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

The IBM M keyboards *can* be completely silent. Just remove the springs. I kid you not -- remove the key caps, pull out the springs, and put the key caps back on. Though the keys don't spring back anymore, the keyboard is still functional -- just the tiniest bit of pressure on a key will cause it to register... silently!