>I would think that a keyboard that is liked by some would be disliked by others. So, I'm not sure someone else can answer that question for you. I would go somewhere like Best Buy, or Curcuit City and look at them there and try them out. You won't see what your typing, but you'd get the idea.
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>As for the bells and whistles, you my like those more than you know. I like the feature on my Logitech keyboard of being able to change the volume with the wheel that is on it and a mute button next to it as well. I like the scroll wheel as well. But, it has 14 other buttons that I never use them.

One of my daughters has an IBM keyboard with just the sound controls and practically no other unnecessary buttons. Those other buttons wouldn't work anyway, she's also using everything non-Microsoft and open source (except Windows themselves). My largest regret the year when we bought that one was that we didn't buy one for me, too. It seemed pointless, my then keyboard was just one year old and doing fine. Two months later I changed my mind.

If I could get my hands on a genuine IBM keyboard, I'd just take it without thinking.