HHKB 2
Happy Hacking Professional 2
I LOVE the small form factor of this keyboard. Such a small size allows me to keep the alpha keys centered with my body while keeping the mouse in-line with my shoulder.
Ergonomics + nice keyswitches (Topre) = orgasm everytime I touch my keyboard.
I have two of these and love them. Much nicer to type on than anything that comes with new PCs, or found at Best Buy/OfficeMax/etc. Yes, also much better than the overpriced gaming keyboards from Logitech, Saitek, Razer, etc (which really aren't much better than the cheap junk that comes with most new PCs, aside from some added bling).
To be fair, if I could change anything about the keyboard:
-Thinner
-2mm key travel instead of 4mm
-30g keyswitches instead of 45g
-Backlit
But that will never happen, and I'm okay with it.
Reducing the key throw to 2mm would make the board feel too much like a laptop keyboard. Keyboards just weren't meant to have such short key throw. Not enough room to "feel" the keypresses, and it's too difficult to type without bottoming out every keystroke. No thanks. And 30g is very light; I've used a keyboard with 30g keyswitches on some of the keys and it just isn't enough resistance IMO. 45g, however, is just about perfect.
Moving on to a related topic... I've never understood how anyone can stand typing on chiclet style keyboards like those found on the Macbooks, many netbooks, and an (unfortunately) increasing number of other manufacturer's laptops. Their sole "benefit" is that they sometimes like a bit nicer than a more conventional keyboard -- but they're godawful in every other way. Not only are the keys flat and the keycap edges not tapered (ugh), but the edges of adjacent keycaps are often brought so close together that it's impossible to tell by touch where one key ends and the other begins. Yet another unfortunate example of style over usability... yet keyboards are a prime example of a situation where usability should always win out over style.
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