>>>>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
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>>I use only these on my personal computers:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/canada/hardware/oempartners/productdetails.aspx?pid=007
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>>ISTR using a 4000 a couple of times, my impression is the Elite is somewhat more "split". Do you find you use the extra keys/functions the 4000 has vs. a standard keyboard like the Elite?
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>That's the only natural keyboard I don't like due to the position of the arrow keys....the down arrow needs to be between (not below) the left and right arrow...

The turned over 3*2 vs. usual 2*3 buttons for Ins/del...Pgdwn were much worse for me.
MS used to have a KB split like the Elite but with the keys between nomal and numeric layout.
Only 1 of them still alive here, but for me the best way to type...

Anybody got a carton of workable early generation natural keyboards ?