Keyboards!

Keyboards are really, really cool input devices. I’m not sure how any of us could live without them!

But my old iMac’s keyboard I’m typing on really sucks. The keys push to softly, both tactile and aurally; I really want something a bit… clickier, crispier.

So I’m looking into buying an IBM Model M keyboard, all the way from the 1980s. It’ll be pretty cool. They use a special, patented buckling spring system, thus providing the tactile and aural feedback I want.

But the Model M isn’t the only keyboard like that. The Apple Extended Keyboard II also has a reputation as a good keyboard, and uses mechanical switches under each key. Both designs feel much better than the soft, rubber dome characteristics of an ordinary keyboard, Mac or PC these days.