mad_machine wrote:BoxheadTim wrote:I've got a bunch of these keyboards, both for home and work:
Thanks to a nerve injury in one of my arms I can't work on a regular keyboard for a whole day. On these, I can work all day and post to GRM in the evening. The only thing I don't like about the ones I have are the function key, which are made from a ca 1980s home computer rubber key material. The regular keys have super light action and good feedback.
Which reminds me, I need to replace one of them, it's becoming a little worn after a good 10 years of continuous use.
so what is it? I have a weak wrist from falling years ago, and too much wrenching, keyboard work, or anything repetative tends to make it sore and cracky
Here you go: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
Cheap they aren't, but in my case they literally saved my career. IME they're long lived - I bought the one I have at work in 2000 and it's still going OK, although I'm thinking about replacing that one, mainly due to the rubber function keys not making that good a contact anymore. The two I'm using here are both a good ten years old, too.
Recently I have set up a computer that I had sitting in storage and using it again I had forgotten how much I loved this machine. I love the keyboard especially - it has such a great feel and key response. I feel like a better typer when I use it. I also missed the dual monitor display, so handy when you are ripping CDs to iTunes and surfing GRM. 
From everything I've read about the Model M keyboard, it describes the things I like about the HP, so maybe the HP was modeled after the famous M. 
