A smaller keyboard gives you more desk space
Am I nuts? I’m seriously thinking of replacing my luxurious, full sized keyboard with this eensy one. The biggest loss will be the number keypad, but I can see there’s a notebook-style FN key. There’s a few similar models, but very few reviews. I think the target audience is techies running rack systems; these things fit into a toolkit, and since they’re wired, you can get into a system’s BIOS (or whatever they use now). Try that with bluetooth.
Another alternative would be the FrogPad, designed for one-handed typing (yeah, yeah, get the chuckles out of your system). But I’m a coder, and it’s hard enough to hit all the brackets and slashes with a regular keyboard. A chorded keyboard would drive me nuts.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:13 am
I’ve heard many good words about the Happy Hacking Keyboard, though the blank key model is awful expensive for a keyboard. It does have regular keyboard spacing. I’m a bit attached to certain keys o my White Apple Pro, though I’ve considered an HHK.
Of course, in direct opposition to the site philosophy, my favorite keyboard of all time is the IBM Model M. Thing’s a damn tank!
April 18th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Ah yes, a clacker… I used to have one of those. Not the model M, but a later model that made the same sound, but had a thinkpad-style pointing device. It weighed a ton! But I miss the noise.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:39 am
I’ve got a mini-board right now and have been very happy with it, it also lights up (which my kids love). I do miss the number pad every so often but overall, I like having the space on my desk alot more.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Which one do you have?