Did you ever have a keyboard you just couldn't adjust to?

[Ketchup]

Mine is on a Lenovo G560, a 15" laptop. When wide-screen laptops first hit the market (and I am talking about 16:9, not the in-between one), laptop manufacturers were in a rush to use the extra space for a number pad. The problem is, not everybody wanted these.

For those who haven't tried these, the problem for me is that you have to stay slightly to the left of the screen. One can get used to this. But when I need to use other keys, I have to remind myself that I need to return to left-of-center, or I am starting off with the wrong buttons. On a desktop, I can just place the keyboard when it is centered (for me), and on my other Lenovo, they used side speakers to keep the keypad centered.

As you can imagine, I am not on this laptop too much, partly due to this issue.

What about you guys? Any keyboard that just wasn't going to work for you?

 

[MongGrel]

About anything straight these days annoys me a little these days to be honest.

But I've been using Microsoft Ergos on the main for years now I guess.

That and trackballs, just a person thing I guess, I don't even care for a mouse.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Soft,squishy rubber-dome mass-produced keyboards.


(Namely,most any $10 keyboard that comes pre-bundled with a Dell,HP,or other prebuilt retail-store computer.)

I have to deal with these horrible devices at work every weekday.
(Monday thru Friday).

I'm very biased,as I own 3 IBM Model M buckling-spring keyboards.
(2 1991 vintage,and 1 1995 vintage.)

I've had all 3 of my original Model M keyboards since August 2007.

Still clicking away happily after 8 years straight.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I learned formal typing at a young age so returning to the home keys is natural and I don't even think of being slightly off center. When I type on my alienware full size kb I don't even notice any oddities because I am centered on the screen an am used to having my hands slightly to my left anyways. Since I use several different computers I am always adjusting my position relative to the kb so I do it automatically without thinking.