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Tenkeyless keyboards; cheap yet adequate?
I am left-handed and have no use for a numeric keypad occupying space on the right of my computer keyboard. I find that there do not seem to be many mid-range keypad-less keyboards available in between those that one barely expects to keep working well for months and those aimed at wealthy gamers. An unlit wired keyboard is fine and in an open-plan office I avoid mechanical.
My keyboard at work needs a good cleaning at the least; it is no longer working very well. For the modest cost of a sufficient keyboard and my pickiness over them it is hardly worth everybody's labor hours to operate the university's procurement machinery so, though it is not expected, I figure that it is easiest all round if I just provide a replacement myself.
I had ordered a probably acceptable replacement keyboard from Amazon but when it turned out to be Czech/Slovak rather than the advertised UK layout I opted for refund rather than replacement as I had no faith that the same would not happen again. There is no option for,
As it happens I think I have a Cherry CyMotion Pro G85-20050 on my desk at work and also one somewhere at home so I can quietly swap them without note and at my leisure try some compressed gas to clean the failing one. I consider myself lucky tonight to have bagged a new BakkerElkhuizen S-board 840 on eBay for £20 so I can keep that in place of what I take into work.
My keyboard at work needs a good cleaning at the least; it is no longer working very well. For the modest cost of a sufficient keyboard and my pickiness over them it is hardly worth everybody's labor hours to operate the university's procurement machinery so, though it is not expected, I figure that it is easiest all round if I just provide a replacement myself.
I had ordered a probably acceptable replacement keyboard from Amazon but when it turned out to be Czech/Slovak rather than the advertised UK layout I opted for refund rather than replacement as I had no faith that the same would not happen again. There is no option for,
replacement only if you can get it right this time.
As it happens I think I have a Cherry CyMotion Pro G85-20050 on my desk at work and also one somewhere at home so I can quietly swap them without note and at my leisure try some compressed gas to clean the failing one. I consider myself lucky tonight to have bagged a new BakkerElkhuizen S-board 840 on eBay for £20 so I can keep that in place of what I take into work.