Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard 2000. amazon
Xah Lee, 2009-08-24
Recently i bought the Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard 2000.
Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard 2000. amazon
This is a fantastic keyboard. If you find those split ergonomic keyboard too much, or if you prefer the laptop-style flat keys, then this is the keyboard to get.
Consider the price, it's fantastically cheap. Only $18. In comparison, most full key keyboards or ergonomic ones goes from $30 to $50.
This keyboard is very thin. Less than 2 cm.
This keyboard is also extremely sturdy. One piece of solid plastic. (if you hold the sides of the keyboard and forcefully twist it, you can't bend it easily.)
This keyboard is also comparatively extremely light.
Like all flat keyboards, it's basically noise-less, and very quick response due to the shallow keys.
In my opinion, if you judge by the ratio of (performance+quality)/price, then this definitely beats all Microsoft keyboards out there, and all other keyboard that exists, period.
Right now, there are 2 other keyboards regularly use. They are:
Judging strictly on product performance regardless of price, between the above 2, i find it to be a tie. However, i might consider this Comfort Curve 2000 even beating both. This seems impossible to believe, since the Comfort Curve is not fully split ergonomic, and i'm a ergonomic split-keyboard fan. Also, this keyboard is flat keys, which is generally considered not that good for prolonged typing. However, i do find this keyboard extremely comfortable and faster to type, especially in using emacs. I think i'll have to use this one for a few months to make final judgment on whether it beats the other full ergonomic ones when used under professional data-entry duties. (e.g. as a tool for data-entry clerks, professional writers, and to a less degree full-time coders.)
All things considered, this is absolutely a fantastic keyboard.