I am in the market for a keyboard. I want to turn my Tx1120 notebook computer into a workstation, and so I am slowly adding the components:
-- keyboard
-- keyboard drawer (purchased from IKEA)
-- 19" monitor (price is down to $170 currently)
-- external 1TB hard drive with Firewire 800 interface
-- Firewire 800 Express/34 card (ordered through eBay)
(There is no need to upgrade the internals, for it already has 2GB RAM, 4GB "ReadyBoost", and 200GB hard drive.)
I need an external keyboard, because the one on the notebook computer is hard on my hands: the throw is too short. Short, I suppose, to save space in this subnotebook.
I would like to get a Bluetooth Keyboard to go along with the Bluetooth mouse that I already use. It's nice not having to plug and unplug cables, or even wireless dongles.
But the only two I have found so far are outrageously priced: $195 from Logitech and $170 from RocketFish. Thus I am leaning towards a corded backlit keyboard that I have seen at London Drugs for $50.
But those high-priced keyboards have dreadful keys -- especially the RocketFish, as well as those from Microsoft. Thus, I am glad I happened to buy the $17-on-sale Benq keyboard last year: the keys depress so softly that it took a while for me to get used to them. Now I appreciate it.
I just read that Logitech's sales softened recently. Serves them right for selling overpriced keyboards with cheap key mechanisms. For $195, I want a Rolls Royce feel to my fingers.
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