>>>>>>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...
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>>>>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...
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>>>>Anybody got a carton of workable early generation natural keyboards ?
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>>>This is the one I have (and prefer - the original 59758 ):
>>>http://www.freestuffandmoney.com/forsale/images/microsoft_natural.jpg
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>>>but at work I use the 4000 (it's the closest they have now to the old ps/2 original design)
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>>I found it easier to work on a normal, unsplit KB as third now second KB for those 6 keys.
>>Still undecided if I should switch to 4000 or wait for a box decomissioned at some bank or other large institution -
>>I still am a fightin' typist, especially when I'm "in the groove" - remember the old Kung Fu movies
>>shwoing the monks strenghtening their fingers by hitting into bowls with buckshot - that's me...
>>But not to good for the plastic.
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>Anyone sitting near you must enjoy that :o) One keyboard I really cannot stand is the standard black keyboard that Dell used to ship with all of their units...

My daughter is a real keyboard pounder. Many of the letters are worn off her current keyboards. I hate it when she uses mine for some reason. Though she is self taught touch typing and her speed and accuracy when tested for temp jobs is excellent.