>Anybody know of equivalent to the now-out-o-production Fujitsu FK4726 series of keyboard? (the one I'd been using finally died -- after providing over a dozen years of reliable operation)
>http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/edevices/components/input/keyboards/tmpl_parts_fkb4726-601.html
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>Most of the keyboards I find nowadays are "notebook type" which I hate -- the "flat" shape of he keyboard is very uncomfortable, and the keys aren't "full stroke" or "full travel" type. Of what I find so far on the market, most feel "mushy" (sort'a feels like I'm typing on marshmallows) and lack proper tactile feedback (I usually can't tell how far is enough, so the only way that I can get any sort of reliability is to "bottom out", which is not only hard on keyboard, but hard on my hands as well). Most keyboards I find today don't have the "solid" feel of the older keyboard that had a metal plate. The other annoyance with many keyboards I can find nowadays is that the labelling on the keytops is simply on the surface, so they wear down to blanks after some usage (the Fujitsu keyboard I was using had the labeling molded into the tkey -- so even though I'd wore down the top surface to the point where the keytops were noticibly "cupped" and shiny, the lettering was still clear).
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>Does anybody know if there are any keyboards with a "feel" similar to that of the IBM Model M keyboard? The buckling-spring mechanism gave really nice tactile feedback on when contact was being made w/o having to "bottom out".

With keyboards it's the same as with mice, (i)phones, (i)pads, pc in global, a.s.o. Three people six different opinions... :-)))

My wife uses the MS natural keyboard for many years now and was talking about a new one for some weeks. Well...two weeks ago I bought myself a new keyboard/mouse and I knew, natural keyboards are definitely not the type I'd like to work with (after numerous contacts at my wife's pc ;-) ). However, standard kbs as I use them at work are a real pain in the 'hand', cause there is indeed absolutely nothing natural to be found for your hands and arms. So, after some serious web searching I decided to try one of Logitech's new Cordless Desktop Wave keyboards/mouse combinations. It lasted some days until I got the feeling for this keyboard, but now I really appreciate it.