Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: For when simplicity and comfort are prized above all
Summary: 5 Stars
This particular keyboard is the only one I have used for the past half dozen years. I've got two on my desk here at work and another at home, plus a few spares hidden around the storage room for when they break (or stop getting sold).
Nowadays, if you're looking for an ergonomic keyboard, you're going to always run into the modern fancy devices. Rows of buttons to access your mail or documents, fancy Function Lock behavior, macros, and all manner of doodads and whatsits that you probably don't need.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I want a keyboard that's just a keyboard. I just want to type on it -- and not kill my wrists! This keyboard combines both of those - simplicity and comfort - in a way that I've not found matched by any other keyboard.
Customer Review: Touch typing's fine
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a touch typist, have been for almost 40 years, and I have no problem at all with this keyboard. I've had one for over a year, and I love it. I recently bought another one to hook up to my laptop when I use it away from home.The only real problem I have with it is that I don't have one of these everywhere I use a computer, such as at work.
My new MS bent keyboard is the fancy new kind, with function buttons, and I never had to run the installation software. I have XP on my machine, and it recognized the keyboard and I was able to use it, special functions and all, in about five seconds.
I have been pleased with the quality and "feel" of both keyboards. My husband goes through keyboards at a rate of about two a year, but my MS keyboards go on and on.
Customer Review: Works Fine
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this keyboard even though I was fully aware of the key-placement issues that several other folks have describe. But I wanted a USB ergonomic keyboard and couldn't wait for a different brand/model to be shipped (this particular keyboard is easy to find at local office supply stores), and I didn't have a need for the much more expensive wireless keyboards. I can honestly say after about 2 days of use, I don't find it the arrow key configuration an issue at all. Since I'm used to typing on a laptop keyboard, I also didn't find the placement of the PgUp/PgDn/Home/etc. keys a problem.I primarily use this keyboard for Office applications, and I think it will suit most users.
I do like the feel of the keys, and the reduced space that it takes on my desk.
Customer Review: Not the best design but very close
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a workstation chair with arm rests that support my arms over the keyboard all the way to the wrists. This arrangement lines my hands and fingers up perfectly with this keyboard. I can't believe I didn't switch to one of these long ago! We get programmed that computers have one monitor and a straight keyboard and most of us fail to upgrade to monitor arrays and ergonomic keyboards. If I didn't have this type of chair I would find that the keys are too elevated for the built-on palm rest. You may want to somehow engineer a higher palm rest, a common problem with all keyboards I've seen. I did not find a problem with the half-size arrow keys or 3/4 size Delete, etc. keys, and although I've been keyboarding for over 20 years I'm no typist.- jim
Customer Review: satisfied except for the arrow key arrangement
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good ergo keyboard for the price. The only aspect that is really, really annoying is the arrangement of the 4 arrow keys (LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN)-- the separate arrow keys that are not embedded in the number pad. The arrow keys are unusually small, and the arrangement is weired. It's very hard to get used to them. I think MS made it that way because there's not much space. The arrow key arrangement sometimes makes me regret the purchase although I like its ergo feature very much. I'd pay for extra $ to improve this key arrangement or have the usual arrow key arrangement at the expense of the separate number pad. Maybe it's just me. Try those keys first before buying this. If you don't get bothered by that, it's a good keyboard to buy.