New Toys
March 18th 2005
New input devices (read: toys) came today (consider this another reason to buy from newegg.com — surprisingly fast ground shipping).
First is the nice shiny silver keyboard (Zippy WK-722). This is the first typing I’ve actually done on it, so I’ll tell you at the end if it’s nice or not. So far so good though. It’s exactly what I’ve always dreamed of in a keyboard — laptop keys! It’s IBM ThinkPad keyboard quality, if not better [Types on thinkpad for a few seconds...] well, not quite better, but very similar key action and overall feel. The convenient multimedia hotkeys worked out of the box with no configuration. And it’s shiny. And it takes up about half the desk space of my old keyboard (8 years old and way too big).
Second, a working mouse. Nothing special — I tried to get as close to what I had before, so I went with a simple Optical Blue. It’s the same design as the old Intellimouse Explorer, so it feels the same in my hand.
Verdict on the typing: very very comfortable. I can feel myself typing faster already. Ah! I love it.
Nothing like a good keyboard…
I love my Microsoft optical mouse too. Nice and simple, feels good, and works.
Exactly. Still getting used to this keyboard, but so far it’s been a lot nicer than my old one. The keys are a little rattly unfortunately, but that’s still an improvement on the old one. We’ll see how it holds up in the weeks to come.
Nice keyboard! I want one my self, i defantly perfer typeing on laptop keyboards. I have a wireless set at the moment but its not to great hehe.