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Keyboard or Gaming Keyboard which one?
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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 621583" data-attributes="member: 59833"><p>The one that meets your needs best, and feels good in <u>YOUR</u> hands, of course.</p><p></p><p>You didn't even tell us if you game! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p><p></p><p>The problem is HIDs (human interface devices) like mice and keyboards are extensions of our own hands. What feels great at the end of my finger tips may feel totally awkward and uncomfortable in yours - to the point it causes RSI (repetitive stress injury) like carpal tunnel syndrome in your wrists.</p><p></p><p>Do you like a curved keyboard or straight? Wavy for flat? Backlit or not? Do you need media and/or programmable keys? Number pad? Wrist rest? Does your keyboard sit in a keyboard tray? That matters for some like me because if the keyboard is too wide (as many keyboards are) my mouse will not fit on the tray too, where I want it. </p><p></p><p>So how wide? Compact, medium or very wide?</p><p></p><p>Do you like a solid "click" or a soft "mushy" feel to the key-presses? Wired or wireless? Have you set a budget?</p><p></p><p>These are all questions only you can answer for yourself.</p><p></p><p>I recommend you look at those reviews again - not so much user reviews, but the professional reviews and see what they say. Then visit your local computer stores and play touchy-feely with the keyboards yourself. Note the problem with user reviews is most users don't have several keyboards on hand for a real comparative review. Plus users often down-grade a product because FedEx delivered it next door, the Post Office delivered it a day late, or the box looked like it fell off the UPS truck, or it was not same color as shown on Amazon. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>The best any of us can really tell you is our opinion on the build quality, reliability and battery life (if wireless). For example, I don't know who makes the keyboards for Microsoft, but I really like my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Comfort-Desktop-PP4-00001/dp/B014W20C90" target="_blank">Comfort 5050</a>. And I really like the mouse too because it has an ambidextrous design instead of contoured. I am right-handed but I use my mouse in my left hand. The keyboard keys have a nice solid, reassuring click, but does not require to heavy a push. It is flat but curved which is nice on "MY" wrists, and includes a wrist pad, also nice on MY wrists. It is also encrypted. Not really a problem in my house, but encrypted wireless can be important in some environments.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 621583, member: 59833"] The one that meets your needs best, and feels good in [U]YOUR[/U] hands, of course. You didn't even tell us if you game! o_O The problem is HIDs (human interface devices) like mice and keyboards are extensions of our own hands. What feels great at the end of my finger tips may feel totally awkward and uncomfortable in yours - to the point it causes RSI (repetitive stress injury) like carpal tunnel syndrome in your wrists. Do you like a curved keyboard or straight? Wavy for flat? Backlit or not? Do you need media and/or programmable keys? Number pad? Wrist rest? Does your keyboard sit in a keyboard tray? That matters for some like me because if the keyboard is too wide (as many keyboards are) my mouse will not fit on the tray too, where I want it. So how wide? Compact, medium or very wide? Do you like a solid "click" or a soft "mushy" feel to the key-presses? Wired or wireless? Have you set a budget? These are all questions only you can answer for yourself. I recommend you look at those reviews again - not so much user reviews, but the professional reviews and see what they say. Then visit your local computer stores and play touchy-feely with the keyboards yourself. Note the problem with user reviews is most users don't have several keyboards on hand for a real comparative review. Plus users often down-grade a product because FedEx delivered it next door, the Post Office delivered it a day late, or the box looked like it fell off the UPS truck, or it was not same color as shown on Amazon. :( The best any of us can really tell you is our opinion on the build quality, reliability and battery life (if wireless). For example, I don't know who makes the keyboards for Microsoft, but I really like my [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Comfort-Desktop-PP4-00001/dp/B014W20C90']Comfort 5050[/URL]. And I really like the mouse too because it has an ambidextrous design instead of contoured. I am right-handed but I use my mouse in my left hand. The keyboard keys have a nice solid, reassuring click, but does not require to heavy a push. It is flat but curved which is nice on "MY" wrists, and includes a wrist pad, also nice on MY wrists. It is also encrypted. Not really a problem in my house, but encrypted wireless can be important in some environments. [/QUOTE]
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