Quiet and multimedia internet keyboard?

[SchnellAMG]

I'm looking to get rid off my Logitech iTouch desktop, and get a optical mouse and a internet keyboard. So far, I like the MS Internet Keyboard Pro a lot, because it has two extra USB ports on it, and it controls multimedia stuff plus internet buttons. My friend told me that IBM Rapid Access II has the same stuff except the USB ports, but it has much softer and quieter typing stroke. Can anyone give me suggestion or reviews on various keyboards? thanks.

 

[Ulysses]

Personally I like my older Logitech KB, which seems like a quality unit but is not an Internet KB. I prefer a compact KB like the Logitech where you can remove the wrist rest part of the KB, unlike the MS model which I find too large. Logitech makes a nice looking natural wireless KB, but it is pretty expensive.

See this review at GamePC.com.

 

[NicColt]

I got very disapointed with the MS Keyboard Pro while testing it at the store the keystrokes were very quiet and smoth. but after using it for about 2 months. I find that it lost the smothness quite rapidly. I find that the keystorkes on my free nec keyboard I got 5 years ago are better than the pro. I ruined the box so I don't think I can take it back now but I think I can try to sell it online. I had the original ms natural and it seems as if they made the pro just a little smaller and more cheap. the Fkeys are more narrow and hardder to find without looking at the keyboard. you have two usb ports but you need to connect it to one on the computer so you truly just get one extra, an entire hub installed for one extra usb port. I think that if I were to do it again I wouldn't get the Ms pro. don't get me wrong it's a nice keyboard but MS made it cheap. They could have made it the same size as the natural and made the keys more smoth. and they should have made the buttons configurable and specially for the price they are selling it at. Just my opinion.