Don't buy HP,Microsoft,Dell, and IBM keyboard

naisho said:
It depends on what you want to do with a keyboard, but yea I believe there is a fine line that draws where it becomes too fancy.

I had my G15 for gaming purposes back when I used to game a lot. The extra keys on the side allowed for me to do extra macros and bindings, so that I didn't have to use a layout that was too far from the WASD movement controls.

But now I am done with games and my G15 finds relatively little use aside from photoshop. It's only good for being able to monitor media from the tracklist buttons, volume control, stopwatch, system monitoring, a news feed and that's really it.

The bluetooth keyboards should be all the rage if you are into using BT. I'm not one to convince anyone, but if you like to have multiple support with an universal device, there you go. It can act as a receiver for a variety of devices, from your simple cellphone to ps3, whatever else out there supporting BT.

I do research and stuff in a room constructed similar to a movie theater. This will allow me and others to work on the projection with relative ease, rather than being way down right next to the pc.


But then again we know not everyone has the same needs as another. I see the whole concept of upgrading pc peripherals in the same boat as upgrading a cellphone, or fancy accessories on a car.

Some people say a cellphone only needs to be used for its basic use, making calls, texting. Then here they go with the Blackberry and iPhone: basically constructing a mini-laptop, yet people will fall for the hype. Now a BB or iphone lets one surf the web with blazing fast speeds, run extra software phones couldn't before, act as a compass.
Cars are getting built in bluetooth, higher hp/torque, all these fancy things over your standard purpose of a car (reach point a to point b).

I guess the modern consensus is, get rid of old tech and in with the new? ;)
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I agree with you.

I've seen some keyboards that are specifically made for gaming. Those are good for gamers.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/xoxide/rc-zboard-gaming-keyboard.jpg

That one... Z-Board... can be replaced with different keyboard tops for specific games. While it's nice, some can get a bit carried away with having a bunch of different keyboards for different games.

Most of my friends use a regular keyboard... the WASD setup never fails them. Same with me. :)
 
The only way to avoid buying keyboard from sweatshop is to maintain or clean keyboards.

I still have 5 years old wireless Logitech Duo keyboard w/mouse. I cleaned it few months ago and it still works great (I left post in AD and some of you remmy ( http://www.alldeaf.com/computers-electronics-gaming/59017-keyboard-cleaning-2.html ). You can try to get "free" keyboard from friend or relatives who don't use old system. I got one from my friend who have old Micron system with fancy wired internet keyboard. In case if one keyboard breaks, I would swap out to good one.

Catty
 
purplecatty said:
The only way to avoid buying keyboard from sweatshop is to maintain or clean keyboards.

I still have 5 years old wireless Logitech Duo keyboard w/mouse. I cleaned it few months ago and it still works great (I left post in AD and some of you remmy ( http://www.alldeaf.com/computers-electronics-gaming/59017-keyboard-cleaning-2.html ). You can try to get "free" keyboard from friend or relatives who don't use old system. I got one from my friend who have old Micron system with fancy wired internet keyboard. In case if one keyboard breaks, I would swap out to good one.

Catty
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That's true.

My roommate gave me a brand new keyboard. I haven't used it yet, but when I do need a new keyboard... I've got that one ready to go. :)

I know some people who go through keyboards once every 6 months because they don't know how to be careful. They spill soda, milk, or food in their keyboard. Their solution for those messes are to go out and buy a new keyboard. :roll:

I've spilled water a couple times, but I cleaned it up quickly. I even spilled fruit juice once... but cleaned it up. No stuck keys. No dirty keys. Nothing. The only thing that's obvious is the 'A' & 'E' keys. Since those are the most typed keys, the letters on them fade away. Right now, the bottom part of 'A' is almost gone and the bottom-right part of 'E' is almost gone. :)
 
I have a Microsoft Comfort Curve Wireless Keyboard with wireless mouse and still have no problems.
 
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