I use a Cherry model ML4100 on the PS-2 port on my laptop. As mentioned earlier, the feel of the keyboard is what is most important, and the Cherry, with its real microswitches, and longish key travel is what I like. It is about the size of the alpha part of a regular keyboard and has the standard key layout. Along with a Logitech wheel trackball, it makes the ergonomics of my laptop the same as my desktop... never mind that the keyboard and trackball take up as much room as my Sony picture book C1XS... someday the laptops will come with detachable keyboards that expand to full sized alpha and are IR linked to momma... I think they could be designed to take up hardly more volume than the present built in keyboards - and having the screen and keyboard in user defined spaces makes for much better ergonomics, imho.
Jerry
Venice Beach, Ca
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I use a Cherry model ML4100 on the PS-2 port on my laptop. As mentioned earlier, the feel of the keyboard is what is most important, and the Cherry, with its real microswitches, and longish key travel is what I like. It is about the size of the alpha part of a regular keyboard and has the standard key layout. Along with a Logitech wheel trackball, it makes the ergonomics of my laptop the same as my desktop... never mind that the keyboard and trackball take up as much room as my Sony picture book C1XS ... someday the laptops will come with detachable keyboards that expand to full sized alpha and are IR linked to momma... I think they could be designed to take up hardly more volume than the present built in keyboards - and having the screen and keyboard in user defined spaces makes for much better ergonomics, imho.
Jerry
Venice Beach, Ca