This is my desktop keyboard. I've had it since about 2003, three PCs ago, and it's brilliant. It's a Cherry, with mechanical switching, and I can type on it quite a bit faster and with fewer mistakes than any other I've used. It's not that quiet, though -- sounds a bit like hail on a tin roof.
My writing laptop (for use in coffee houses etc, if people remember those) is an old Samsung NC10, from about 2008, and I keep it on because its keyboard, though very different from the Cherry, is almost as nice to use. I've tried other laptops occasionally, and their keyboards feel horrible. I type very slowly on them and make loads of mistakes. I don't know if that's something inherent in them or just that I haven't adapted to them.
Anyone else assign much importance to the keyboard? Does anyone use a laptop with an external keyboard (where space permits)?
My writing laptop (for use in coffee houses etc, if people remember those) is an old Samsung NC10, from about 2008, and I keep it on because its keyboard, though very different from the Cherry, is almost as nice to use. I've tried other laptops occasionally, and their keyboards feel horrible. I type very slowly on them and make loads of mistakes. I don't know if that's something inherent in them or just that I haven't adapted to them.
Anyone else assign much importance to the keyboard? Does anyone use a laptop with an external keyboard (where space permits)?