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I have a Razer Blackwidow too, but I'm not all that impressed. Oh, it's very pretty, but I've only had it a year or two and some of the key mechanisms have already become flaky. I'm currently suffering through an update to Synapse that ate my simple configuration file and makes it harder to create a new one. One other thing, I can type so fast on the Razer that I make mistakes that I don't make on other keyboards. I'm not sure it's a net-positive.
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SeattleC++ wrote: I can type so fast on the Razer that I make mistakes
C'mon, that's hardly the keyboard's fault. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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It isn't exactly the keyboard's fault, but if good typists make more mistakes on this keyboard than on a slower keyboard, is it the best tool?
I'm just reporting my experience. You can make of it what you will.
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IBM
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I use a code keyboard, I don't know which cherry color are the keys..
It is sturdy, good touch.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Cheap Logy USB wireless for coding and gaming. I’m a lousy typist and mediocre gamer, so I don’t deserve better.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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I recently replaced a cheap Logitech keyboard with a Logitech Craft - certainly not among the cheaper ones.
My experience with it is limited to a couple weeks. There is no doubt that I am now typing significantly faster. My subjective impression is that I am making fewer typing mistakes as well.
One positive thing I did not expect: Even though the keys have a significant stroke length, my typing is almost perfecty quiet! (My ex would have loved it - she was frequently complaining about the terrible noise from my keyboard! - but that is long ago.)
It takes a little while to get accustomed to a new keyboard. For me: The top button in the rows above the arrow keys is no longer insert / home / PageUp - they are in the second row. The top row switches between up to three different computers that the keyboard may be connected to, wirelessly. I certainly appreciate and make use of that option, but it takes a little while to adjust your fingers to hit the right key when there is a new row of them!
Bottom line: The replacement is great, and ceratinly worth the money for the upgrade.
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MS Wireless 850.
It does the job, and in 40+ years I have never (touch plastic  ) spilt things on my keyboard.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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MS800 at home; MS850 at work (I brought it in from home, four years ago, then they all went wireless but I kept my old one). There are many blank keys on it, so my programming is very hit-and-miss (I tried to teach myself touch typing but was very unsuccessful). Fortunately, as I am still forced to be working from home, I am using my home keyboard which still has letters on it.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: and in 40+ years I have never (touch plastic ) spilt things on my keyboard.
I heard that a few times before.
I'm behind the desk, say, 4-6 times a day with coffee and a smoke or two. Statistically, I got more change to spill stuff. Add to that a morning routine with coffee and a smoke, where one isn't quite awake.
Lots clumsy. But the keyboard, it was prepared for that
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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A Korg M50 and M1. 
My third one is just the one that's built into my Dell XPS15 laptop.
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Arthritis caught up with me, so I spent a $ton for a refurbished Kinesis ergonomic. Still a lousy typist but it helps my hands. Takes some (a lot) of getting used to.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Looks very advanced, but does it survive a full cup of coffee?
Good to know that there's specialized keyboards for that
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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No, it knows I would spill it.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Still using the HP 101 that I got with my first windows system back in '98...my entire coding career mostly with this keyboard. I disassemble it every few years for a good cleaning.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Personally, I feel that life is too short to spend cleaning keyboards. I make sure not to eat or drink over it, vacuum hairs and dust out about once a year, and that's it. When a keyboard gets too grotty, I replace it.
I do not require some extremely expensive keyboard, so the cost of replacement every N years is not too bad.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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A smoker, coffee, and a cat that is always shedding due to Dutch weather. And twice per year, an accident with dropping a cup; turning all ashes to cement.
Cheap cherry's would be more expensive.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I have a DAS mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches. Nearly 10 years and still going strong like the day I bought it.
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Looks like a very clean design, and quite affordable.
10 years; that makes it quite cheap, no? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Sure does I like the simple design too. I don't see my exact model anymore but it's the current Model S Professional just without the backlit media-control F-keys. I really like the Brown switches. They feel good for both typing and gaming.
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For some reason my fingers fell in love with these old OEM dell keyboards I have to go to thrift stores to find. They're about $4 a piece so i stock up on them when I shop for them, though they're very durable. Eventually, the cord goes on them, but it takes years so it's whatever.
If you want to pay too much for one, here it is + a smartcard reader for $54[^]
Real programmers use butterflies
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A MS800 Wireless...
The only time I spilled something on my keyboard was in my first days of C64... It was beetroot juice and rendered the C64 unusable for almost a week (in which I used pure alcohol and hair-dryer to make it work again)... After that I keep a distance between any liquid and my keyboard... They are with me for years...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: After that I keep a distance between any liquid and my keyboard...
I wake up, make coffee and sit behind the keyboard with a smoke. That's breakfast. After that, a new cup of coffee every two hours, with more risk when I'm programming and "zoning out".
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The keyboard for the Olivetti M240. The connector is a DE-9, but with a simple passive adapter it plugs right into PS/2 with no issues.
It's a membrane, but the strokes are noisy anyways. They don't require mush force to activate, but I guess that after 33 years the rubber domes aren't as stiff. It's built like a tank, with two stainless steel plates keeping the layers together, so it weighs 4 kg (almost 9 lbs). There's no way it's moving around my desk. The detachable cable renders it an easy conversion to weapon, if needed.
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