Re: Keyboard Recommendation

Oh, then it might not be as suited to me. I have very large hands.

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Kathy
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"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The difference is in very slight changes in placement and size of the
> keys. You don't have to reach as far with the little fingers and bottom
> row keys, and some easy ones may be a fraction smaller, and some harder
> ones a little larger. When you type it takes a little time to get used to
> it, especially with the bottom row keys, but when you do adjust it is so
> much less fatiguing and with a little time, actually faster.
>
> If you have to change back and forth between that and another standard
> keyboard, you will spend a few minutes making errors, so it may not be the
> best choice. But I find it takes me about 15 to 30 minutes of typing to
> get my accuracy back on track. It also has a very light, comfortable
> touch.
>
> Barb C.
> "Kathycarp" <kathycarp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I looked at the Smartboard. It looks just like the MS Natural... what are
>>the differences?
>>
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>> Kathy
>> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
>> "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>I just got my Smartboard (2nd one) last month and with shipping and
>>>handling
>>> it was $115! You paid $200? Where?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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>>> "Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> Well, when I switch keyboards, it takes me about half an hour to get
>>>> used
>>> to
>>>> the other one. I paid about I think $59 for mine about 4 years ago. I
>>> use
>>>> it with my laptop only, not heavy use. Since I paid nearly $500 for
>>>> the
>>>> keyboard I use (with no regrets) even $200 for the Smartboard doesn't
>>>> seem
>>>> unreasonable, but I know I paid nowhere near that. I still think it is
>>> the
>>>> best keyboard I have ever used and I know I type faster on it--just
>>>> ergonomically I need a total split and separation. But then, what one
>>> likes
>>>> in a keyboard is totally subjective. I had only one Microsoft
>>>> keyboard.
>>> I
>>>> hated it, and it died after 7 months! I would never buy another one,
>>>> but
>>>> the consensus here is more people like it than any other!
>>>>
>>>> Barb C.
>>>> "Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote
>>> in
>>>> message news:qZ3Ue.12793$p%3.52567@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > Barbara Carlson wrote:
>>>> >> Go with the Datadesk--you will never regret it!
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm using this split one from CompUSA that costs $25 and lasts me 2-3
>>>> > years before it goes belly up. How much is that Datadesk one these
>>> days?
>>>> > Last time I looked at it, it was $200-something, I think. Does
>>>> > anybody
>>>> > have a web site, and does anybody who uses it have problems using a
>>>> > regular keyboard once they're used to the Smartboard?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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