Looking for my ideal keyboard

[dandtpaul]

Looking for my ideal keyboard. Musts inc natural shape and quiet as a mouse, like to haves include variable backlighting, corded, and in black.

Any suggestions?

 

[shortylickens]

For corded and back lit, I recommend the elluminix keyboards. Not sure if they have a natural version yet.

 

[Zepper]

I guess there really is no accounting for taste...

.bh.

Rain, rain GO AWAY!!! And don't bother to come back for a good long while...

 

[trickytraka]

why natural shape ?

even Microsoft scrapped that option saying that it is not that "natural" ... and it was a mistake...

I had an MS natural but since I got my laptop (now I have 2 laptops) I got used to the laptop keys...

Fast typing, quiet, small and it feels great!

so I got myself a Logitech Ultra-X

a desktop keyboard with Laptop keys! It ROCKS!

 

[glorygunk]

for all that, might as well buy an ms natural and mod it yourself

 

[dandtpaul]

Thanks for the feedback, I prefer the layout of the natual keyboard and it works well for me *shrug*. My laptop keybard is too small and I only use it when I have to. Guess I'll keep looking, not really interested in moding my own. You'd think that there would be a build-your-own option these days.

 

[WW2Planes1]

there are only two black natural keyboards that I can think of off hand. Logitech makes a wireless one, and the Belkin Ergoboard. I own the latter, and I really like it. I like the shape, feel, etc. However, it's not lighted, it's PS/2 only, doesn't include anything past the Windows 98 hotkeys (so no volume control or anything), and it's not exactly a quiet keyboard. Actually the sound and feel reminds me a little of the old IBM buckling spring keyboards. (note: emphasis on a LITTLE). Basically, it's black and it's natural shaped, and those are the only requirements of yours it fills. (although, I wouldn't mind finding a keyboard like you describe. sounds cool.)

 

[glorygunk]

Woot! just had a black lighted keyboard made by Saitek...too bad it was yesterday. It doesn't have the MS natural shape but it did include a handrest.

http://forum.woot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333

Looks pretty sweet....

 

[flyboy84]

You'll be hard pressed to find a backlit natural keyboard, as backlighting is mostly seen as a feature attractive to "gamers" but most "gamers" don't use natural keyboards.

 

[dandtpaul]

At this point I'd settle for quiet as a mouse and natural shape. Corded is semi-important. Black and backlit - well I can pass becuse doesn't look like that is an option atm.

 

[Bucksnort]

Please look over the logitech elite black corded kb. It is one of the highest rated kb. I just ordered 1. Very nice kb. Look at the hundreds of newegg customer reviews. On the logitech site there are various publication reviews of it also.
Elite kb newegg
Ligitech- Elite kb

 

[Laffctx]

I like the cheap corded Belkin keyboards.......they are really quiet.............but that is just my opinion

 

[Rottie]

I used to have rubber keyboard and it is very quiet, easy to type in. you can fold it and put it away.
Cost me about 50

 

[Azndude51]

Originally posted by: glorygunk
Woot! just had a black lighted keyboard made by Saitek...too bad it was yesterday. It doesn't have the MS natural shape but it did include a handrest.

http://forum.woot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333

Looks pretty sweet....

Man, if they had letters that lighted up (not just backlighting) on the Saitek Gamer's Keyboard, it would be perfect.