And now I have a mission

[susandennis]

Last night, just before I went to bed, the keyboard on my desktop computer died. I guess it had just had one too many lunches spilled on it, No mourning. I never liked that keyboard anyway.

My perfect keyboard has a good feel to the keys which have good action to them and that keyboard is lighted. I'm a touch typist but, I use so many different keyboards all day that I do need to look to find Ctrl and Windows and Alt among others. I like a numbers pad but it's not critical. The keyboard that died last night had beautiful lighting but a horrible feel and keys that didn't even work well before they were drenched with Diet Dr. Pepper and wedged with crumbs.

I've never found my perfect keyboard. My surfing last night revealed no new keyboard news. This time, I'm not going to spend $50 for a keyboard that is not what I want.

Happily, we have a wonderful used PC store and a visit there this morning can be easily woven into my light rail/breakfast/walk adventure this morning. I love the place. There are bins of the most marvelous bits and pieces - mice and keyboards and cables of all kinds. Then there is an AS IS room that is nearly as good as their Computer Museum room which is always a treat.

And it is not raining. So I am going to get up and get dressed and put on my red (actually it's more the color of pomegranate) coat and grab the wonderful ear/neck warmer that yesthatjill made for me last year, and hit the road. Later, gaters!

Comments

[theryn.livejournal.com]

Godspeed on your mission.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I'm hell on keyboards, so I usually buy relatively cheap, generic ones ; they last maybe a year before I beat them to death (thanks to having learned to type on manual typewriters).

My sweetie, though, is a computer equipment hoarder, and last year he cleaned up one of his sturdy old IBM keyboards and gave it to me. Instant keyboard LOVE - it's built like a tank, the letters on the keys are imprinted, not just painted on (I tend to wear them right off the black keyboards), and it doesn't have that stupid "windows" key, which has never done anything but get in my way when I'm aiming for CRTL or ALT.

It could use a good vacuuming to clean out the cat hair and crumbs, but I plan to use it until I beat it to little plastic pieces.

[susandennis]

I came very close to buying an IBM keyboard just now but didn't. I may go back and get one yet but you raise a good point... I use the Windows key all the time so I need to think about that...

I do wear the letters off or the crumbs from my lunch does... or maybe it's the soda... hmmmm

[ljtourist.livejournal.com]

You should both check out Unicomp Keyboards. They are the real-deal old-style IBM keyboards brought up to date with windows keys and everything.

[susandennis]

Totally PERFECT!! except for the price - so now it's on my When My Ship Comes In list. thank you!!

[kightp.livejournal.com]

But I don't *like* the Windows key. (-:

[susandennis]

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html

no windows key

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Awesome. It's a cleaner twin of the one I'm typing on. I'll bookmark that in case I ever beat this one to death!