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Topre Realforce 87u Silent variable.

NMB and Fujitsu boards had a good reputation some time back in Japan.
In fact my Fujitstu FMV keyboard was fairly enough for normal use.

The original Dell Quiet Keys made in Thailand or Malaysia are very good for RDs, but the later Chinese ones are not.

The IBM KB8923 (and its cousin the 7953) are also very good. They are also available with a trackpoint, although those are much harder to find.

I used to like the Compaq SK2800 with media keys, but the non-rectangular layout started bothering me, and I made up for media keys with keyboard shortcuts.

The original Das Keyboard (an unlegened Keytronic E03601U2)

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Hmm I think that is keytronic. Just painted it black. Not sure how many others use same style case apart from IBM and Keytronic...

megnin wrote:The original Das Keyboard (an unlegened Keytronic E03601U2)

Yep.

Qsenn SEM-DT35

No matter what people say, for me it feels different from a regular dome board.

Another vote for Logitech's Wave design. I had the original with Mac and Windows key legends. It recently died and motivated me to explore my options and switch to mechanical.

Got a Kensington branded one at work, very crisp and snappy no mush whatsoever. A pleasure to use and definitely suffices for work.

Joe221 wrote:Another vote for Logitech's Wave design. I had the original with Mac and Windows key legends.

Yep, one from me too. I just love it's solid key thud when you try and bash the keys to death. Overall a very decent rubber membrane keyboard.

I got stuck with buying a wireless one that came with two (2) Duracells that worked. The good thing about the WAVE is that there is no lighting feature anywhere, nothing to highlight Caps usage even.

That's why I think it'll last for half a year before I need to get new batts.

Using these at work... Pretty easy to type on andn very low profile.

Can you pull a keycap, and tell me the colour of the dome beneath on that fujitsu 'board?

Now that I know they exist, hopefully they are cheap, so I can recommend them to my friends for cheap RD?scissor keyboards.

Low profile logitech k200 feels pretty good. Not as low as shuttlemunky's though

Another vote for the Olivetti ANK-27-102, they are quite nice (and easy to find almost for free in Spain!)

My Thinkpad's keyboard is nice (X201). Before I had an X60s, on which I liked the keyboard even better, mainly because the keycaps appeared more solid, and the backplate also didn't have holes like the current line.

I used to have a Cherry Evolution, but that KB is just crap. At some point I travelled a lot and was working only on the X60s; upon having access to the Evolution again, my hands were seriously hurting after some time, because the keys just felt so uncomfortable to type on.

The Cherry Cymotion Expert has a nice feel to it.

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/under ... doodle.jpg

Hehe Another vote for the newish Mac Keyboards.

The legendary Gateway 2000 Anykey!

Sifo wrote:Qsenn SEM-DT35

No matter what people say, for me it feels different from a regular dome board.

Sure, and my LeBron James endorsed Nike Air Max 8s feel different from a regular shoe.

Definitely not the HP KB-0316.

appeac wrote:I can stand using these at work.

Before switching to mechanical I used to throw away 1 of those every 6 months. They are usable and were my favorite keyboard indeed, but after a while the larger keys would just get stuck, no decent stabilizers there. At all!

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-o ... d-Keyboard

Get up on my level.

hhkb

Tenkey wrote:hhkb

That is what I said but they said it doesn't count.

I've got one of these IBM KB-3923s and I like it.

I had one of those about ten years ago. Loved it but at the time I didnt care much for keyboards. Regretfully, I've used and thrown away one these, a Dell AT102W, and a tenkeyless similar to a KBT Pure over the years.

There is a keyboard made by IBM (from around 1999-2001) which I still miss and would dearly love to be reunited with. Unfortunately I don't know the precise model number or the switch type it used - though I think it was rubber domed as it didnt have the clicky feel. It looked a little like this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220724164751? ... 1438.l2649

Anybody familiar? Could it be this same one?

I found a picture of it

Cherry G86.

Bugsaint: KB-9910?

googling that and KB7952, 7953 all come up with very similar results. Guess I will just have to try and source one and try it.

IBM KB-8926 (ISO version 8923) are great and a lot better than the KB-3923 mentioned by Muld as those are the newer cheap ones without the metal back-plate. And I recommend anyone thinking of getting any of these style rubber domes to get the beige/white version as they have lasered caps while black ones often have quite awful pad printing that you can in some cases scrape off with your finger nails...