If you got the skills to convert it, the best IBM to go for IMO is the Model F. Model M is great as well, but easier to find and use, since it just requires a simple AT to PS2 or USB adapter, where the Model F gets much more complex.
]]>@tacticalbread: Really? I always thought that those keyboards looked nice.
they look nice, but they are complete ass to type on.
]]>If you got the skills to convert it, the best IBM to go for IMO is the Model F. Model M is great as well, but easier to find and use, since it just requires a simple AT to PS2 or USB adapter, where the Model F gets much more complex.
]]>EDIT: Looked at your laptop model, and it's got the same kind of keys as mine, even though mine is a bit older. I honestly don't know if it's just because yours is newer (and mine very worn out), or if you're mistaking the rubber-bump collapse for a true tactile bump. I can feel the "bump" if I'm really careful, but it doesn't always trigger the key at that point, and then you very quickly hit the bottom of the key's travel. Any extra cushion I could feel at the bottom was due to the whole keyboard flexing just slightly. I dunno though, my typing style is very demanding and this keyboard doesn't seem to hold up too well to my desires, and has been falling apart.
]]>@tacticalbread: Really? I always thought that those keyboards looked nice.
]]> What laptop are you using?]]>OK, what I mean by "tactile definition" is, you can feel exactly when the switch makes contact so that you can let up on the key and move to the next one without bottoming it out. It doesn't matter how "soft" the bottom of the key is, if you've hit the bottom and haven't felt the defining tactile point, then there is no tactile definition. For a touch typist, this is definitely important.
That's what I mean by "well defined click," which is reached before hitting the soft bottom.
]]>tacticalbread wrote:But I absolutely detest our Mac G5's keyboard. I have to beat the shit out of the keys to actually type.
UGH. we use these in my MIDI class. i HATE them so much.
this sonofabtich? lol.
this keyboard seriously halves my typing speed (which is usually pretty good).
]]>But I absolutely detest our Mac G5's keyboard. I have to beat the shit out of the keys to actually type.
UGH. we use these in my MIDI class. i HATE them so much.
]]>Also, if your keys are going glossy they're wearing out. I have a laptop which I have (ab)used for about 5 years, and the keyboard is beginning to de-laminate inside.
Also, I'm really curious about people who prefer modern laptop-style keys. I have always hated them because they bottom out so quickly and have no tactile definition. Bottoming out the key means you're destroying your finger joints faster and fatigue very quickly becomes a problem. Not to mention they break SO fast. Of course, using retro equipment I'm used to a hardware lifespan measured in decades and not months...
I've used a laptop almost exclusively for the past couple of years (to the point where keys now have a glossy texture instead of totally matte) , and I have to disagree with you on its tactile qualities. I guess it is different from keyboard to keyboard, but mine has a very well defined click, good bounce, soft bottom and I think that there's an ergonomic advantage in having all keys within reach of even your pinky fingers.
]]>BBC Micro!
No matter how long we spend apart, she always feels so right!
I was about to post that too. Very similar to the Vic-20/C16/C64 keyboard 
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