keyboard recommendations?

[gamepad]

I'm looking for a keyboard that is silent (this is probably the most important attribute on a keyboard for me right now) with a standard layout. Extra buttons like media player controls are a very desirable.

Any recommendations?

 

[overst33r]

I would like to know as well...preferably something that feels like a laptop keyboard...

 

[OdiN]

Meh...you won't find silent. I like my MS Wireless elite

 

[JME Fidelity]

My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

 

[GML3G0]

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

 

[JinLien]

Get a touch pad keyboard....some thing like THIS.

 

[EyeMWing]

IBM PC XT keyboard

Dead silent, I'm tellin' ya.*


* if silent is defined as "CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK SMACK CLICK CLICK CLACK"

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
IBM PC XT keyboard

Dead silent, I'm tellin' ya.*

* if silent is defined as "CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK SMACK CLICK CLICK CLACK"

Still, it's the best keyboard ever made.
Mine (101 key keyboard branded PGA) has been working perfectly since 1996.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Mine (101 key keyboard branded PGA) has been working perfectly since 1996.

have you cleaned it out since then? :Q

 

[Booster]

I like Compaq or HP keyboards even though I never had a PC from those companies.

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Mine (101 key keyboard branded PGA) has been working perfectly since 1996.

have you cleaned it out since then? :Q

I've never taken it apart, just rattled it upside down a few times above a trash can to get most of the the hair and fingernail fragments out. I've also recently cleaned the spaces between the keys with a long, pointy piece of metal and got a handful of hair out.

It's cable is excessively long, it has an AT-PS/2 converter and an additional PS/2-PS/2 cable attached. The total cable length is around six meters (when stretched).
It's great for playing FPS games, the layout is just perfect.

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

Hey where did you get that? Any B&M stores carry those??

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

Hey where did you get that? Any B&M stores carry those??

You don't want one. They are ugly and the plastics resemble those used in the interior of a cheap American car.

 

[sniperruff]

dell's quiet key is pretty good. good feel and pretty quiet for the first few years.

 

[murphy55d]

I prefer the MS Internet Keyboard Pro

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

It's too bad we don't have a forum for peripherals.... might have been able to ask in that! :Q

 

[ethebubbeth]

Kurzweil K2600
Korg OASYS

😉

 

[JME Fidelity]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: MazerRackham

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

Hey where did you get that? Any B&M stores carry those??

You don't want one. They are ugly and the plastics resemble those used in the interior of a cheap American car.

Best buy carries them.

They are insanely awesome looking, especially with the lights out.

Modern design, and the quality of the backlighting is great.

Not to mention the keyboard has excellent tactile feedback

 

[brxndxn]

I like this Kensington laptop-style keyboard. It's what I've been using for the past three months. It works great, is silent, high-quality.. It feels a lot more sturdy than most laptop keyboards - kind of like an IBM laptop keyboard.

Plus, it doesn't waste a lot of space on my desk.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
Kurzweil K2600
Korg OASYS

😉

😛

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

just bought it last weekend from frys. best keyboard ive used since my original dell quietkey days...(pentium II 266, hehe)

nice black and silver keyed finish, along with handy volume up/down/mute buttons. as well as cool blue backlit keys with high/low/off.

best 50 bucks i spent.

 

[JME Fidelity]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
My saitek eclipse is pretty damn quiet

best 50 bucks i spent.

Same here except for my logitech g5 🙂

Headshots have never been easier...

 

[Mo0o]

I have this Zippy Keyboard and I love it. The letters are etched into the keys so it doesn't rub off easily. I love this thing.

http://www.zippy.com.tw/K_product_detai...k_rfnbr=159&pck_rfnbr=2&pk_code=WK-720

 

[Schadenfroh]

IBM/Lexmark Model M

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: JinLien

Get a touch pad keyboard....some thing like THIS.

Those are hard to use. The keys get really mushy and you eventually have to feel for the button mechanism under the keys.