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Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite| Manufacturer: | Microsoft | | List price: | $59.99 |
| Our price: | $30.39 that is 49% off! |
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Great product if you're not too pickey! |
Personally, I think this type of keyboard is infinitely better than traditional keyboards. A "must have" if you spend a lot of time in on the computer, or at least something like it. Personally, I would have liked to see a more radical slope that gets your hands closer to the "neutral" position.
I've seen a lot of reviews about the Elite, and my feeling is that anyone who hates it just because of the new configuration of the arrow keys, and/or the home, end, delete keypad, is simply waaaaaaaay to pickey of a person in general.
It's not that big of a deal, honestly. Especially now that modern "mice" have the dial that basically makes the pg up, and pg down keys obsolete. I'll admit, the Arrow key configuration is kind of annoying, but not a reason to ditch this keyboard! Once you try this, you'll never understand how you used the traditional keyboard!
Personally, I think that if you really spend a lot of time on the keyboard, then you might want to try keyboards that get your palms to be perpendicular to the floor, or close to it. The Elite provides some slope, but I could definitely use a steeper one. However, these other radical keyboards are very pricey. My hunch is that they're pretty good. Enjoy! |
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Addictive |
I have two of these keyboards at home and two at work (I'm a programmer). All four are over 5 years old and still work perfectly. I started using them after I began to develop tendonitis; they feel very natural and I can type quickly and accurately for long periods of time without a second thought. I'm so used to them that I stumble a little bit on regular keyboards, but it's worth the tradeoff. As for the arrow keys being in a non-standard layout, I don't understand what the big deal is; if you can get used to the split keyboard, you can get used to the arrow keys.
By the way, I use both PCs and Macs and these work fine for both -- on Macs, just pretend the Windows key is the Command (Apple) key, Alt is the Option key, F12 is the Eject key, Insert is the Help key, and you're good to go (although there's no way to control volume from the keyboard, like Mac keyboards can).
Beware of cheap imitations. There are a lot of so-called "ergonomic" keyboards out there but I have yet to see one that is as well designed, as well constructed, and, well, as natural as the Microsoft line.
If you do a lot of typing, do your hands a favor and pick up one of these 'boards. If you can last the first several days of transition, you won't go back. |
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Why does Microsoft break standards? |
I am a programmer, and I touch type my code. I navigate through pages of text using only the keyboard. Switching to a split keyboard design was not difficult since I touch type anyway. I love the split keyboard part of the design--the old Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard has a great design, and works well for me. I've used other split ("ergonomic") keyboards as well.
However, on the Natural Keyboard Elite, Microsoft has taken the standard arrow key and navigation key clusters and ruined them. The arrow keys are much more difficult to use than the standard, well-designed inverted T layout. While your fingers rested comfortably on the bottom row of arrow keys in the old layout, in the new your fingers don't really fit at all--you can only put two fingers on at once, and you need to move them in awkward ways to switch to the up and down keys from the left and right keys. Ergonomic it is not. Aerodynamic, maybe--after a short time using this keyboard, I certainly feel like throwing it somewhere to find out. Also, the "Insert" key has been removed entirely from the block above the arrow keys after they pointlessly randomized its layout. Insert isn't a super-popular key, but I actually use it frequently, and my fingers expect the entire block to be in the traditional layout.
Why break the standard? Why move the keys around into a LESS useful layout? If you're like me and you end up typing on lots of different keyboards, AND you use the arrow keys a lot to navigate, it turns out to be quite painful to switch back and forth between the different layouts. And some of the keys I use frequently just aren't there.
Bad move Microsoft. Please don't change things "just because you can." |
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