MS Office XP Keyboard

[pulpp]

<< Wow! I like it... maybe its finally time to ditch this $5 4 year old POS keyboard. How much is it gonna cost? >>



kami i have no clue on the pricing, they will annouce it during Office XP launch then officially start selling it in september.

check this article activewin

i would guess in the 40-50ish range...

 

[Finality]

Very nice

I wonder when the ergonimic with usb hub is going to turn up

 

[Ameesh]

i think it looks great is that mic on the side?

 

[datalink7]

I use an ergonomic keyboard, so I won't be getting this one.

 

[yellowperil]

I don't like the elongated space bars on MS keyboards. Too much surface area to push down (I'm lazy). I put my MS Internet Keyboard away and got an IBM because of that.

 

[Looney]

Wow, pretty nice... but i like the natural keyboards. If they come out with one of those then i'll definitely pick one up.

 

[johneetrash]

thats one big delete key

as for cut/copy/paste/back/forward/scroll... EWW

are u too lazy to do ctrl + c/v/x ?? id seem more of a hassle to me... and jeez for back/forward just hit alt+left arrow/right arrow! and scroll on the keyboard... you trying to scroll downt he page twice as fast using keyboard and mouse? lol

 

<< its probably gona be either PS/2 or USB, but i like that huge scroll wheel and copy/cut/paste/redo/undo bottons man >>



Its all about speed on the keyboard. And haveing thoes buttons way out of range of where your hand sits on the home row is a rather bad idea.
But I guess if you don't use normal keyboard shortcuts then its cool for you.

But then again, if you don't use hot keys, then, you have a lot to learn and probably deserve to give M$ your money.

 

[J3anyus]

I think it looks really cool.

 

[CtK]

i think its pretty nice but they could have made those new buttons and scroll wheel on the left a little smaller

do you think the arm rest is detachable??
it doesnt look like it unless that whole grey thing comes off??

 

[Cerb]

Yecch. The best keyboards, ever, are IBM Model Ms.

 

[Elledan]

One word: Yuck...

After experiencing the degradation of the keyboard my brother uses (an MS one, with the internet buttons) and the mouse (MS Intellimouse) in a matter of months, I'm still happy with my $7 keyboard and $5 mouse.
The only name on them is 'China'

I'll never buy any hardware from MS for this reason. Maybe Logitech sometimes when I need a good mouse, but after my experiences with MS hardware, I won't waste money on it.