>>It's too bad too, because it's really about time to get a new laptop and I don't know if I'll ever be happy with another keyboard again! <g>
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>Ugh! I can't stand any laptop keyboard or any regular rectangle keyboard! Am I the only one who uses a split keyboard?
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>I can't live without my Microsoft Natural Keyboard:
>http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=043

I had a Microsoft Natural for a while. It was quickly dubbed the Unnatural, which should tell you something. Maybe I am too set in my ways but I just couldn't get used to it. It felt like trying to play the piano wearing catcher's mitts. I wound up giving it to Tom Piper, who loved them.