Reddit reviews Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000

Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000

Its funny that most people are complaining about the feel of the keycaps, and to me that's the best part about them. My Best Buy has a Razer, Corsair and Logitech all out on display in the RGB's which was really nice for me since I was still kinda deciding on which switch I wanted to get.

I actually love the feel of the keycaps--they almost have a rubbery grip on them to me and it feels great against my fingertips. I'm not sure how it would affect typing, but seeing as this is my current keyboard, I have little doubt that it will be an upgrade.

Now if they had the fullsize Corsair with browns in store...this might cause some more indecisiveness, but since my parents are getting the keyboard for me for Christmas (hopefully), I'll probably tell them the easiest route to get me a keyboard and go in store for it.

P.S Sorry if none of this made sense, I tend to ramble and I've been horribly indecisive on which keyboard to get for the past...five months now.

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Comfort-Curve-Keyboard-B2L-00002/dp/B0009ZBRS0

Well take my keyboard for example, I needed a new one and I wanted a specific keyboard because I think it's the best.

Amazon had it for like $15, so I started looking for something else i could buy for $10 more but i really couldn't find anything and i felt kinda stupid shelling out 25 for no reason.

I ended up googling it and got it for $14.10 from B&H including shipping.

For a year or so after college, between work at an MSP and coming home to an empty apartment and a very enthusiastic WoW habit, I was spending 17 hours a day in front of a computer. I started experiencing wrist pain that was so bad I couldn't drive my car anymore. I switched to a more ergonomic keyboard/mouse setup and my wrist pain disappeared within a few of weeks.

I've long since left the MSP and WoW, but I've kept the keyboard and mouse, and recommended the same pair to many coworkers.

Microsoft Natural 4000 Ergonomic Keyboard

Logitech G400 Mouse

I also make liberal use of Allsop Metal Art Monitor Risers and clamp-on monitor arms - in my opinion, monitor position is just as important as proper keyboard and mouse ergonomics because it affects back, shoulders, neck, and eye strain too.

EDIT:

In the past, I've had clients and management balk at the price tags on ergonomic hardware. They'll argue something like "I can go to Wal-Mart and buy a new mouse for fifteen dollars. Why should I spend four times that much on a video gaming mouse?" because they don't understand the value that ergonomic hardware actually provides in a workplace.

1. Users who are comfortable in their workspaces can be more productive. It's tough to measure this one, because it's lots of little pieces that add up. From personal experience, though, I don't need to take as many breaks now as I did before I moved my monitors to a comfortable elevation, because my eyes and neck don't get fatigued as easily.
   
   
2. Users who have a workspace that fits them are more likely to be happy in their jobs and are more likely to stay in their jobs longer. Even in my current sysadmin role, I still do a lot of deskside support, and I get to observe people in their workspaces doing all kinds of uncomfortable things, because they don't know that it can be any different. For example, I have a user whose workload is primarily oriented towards data entry and scheduling. She should have been issued a desktop or thin client, but since she occasionally needs to record meeting minutes in a conference room, the previous tech staff had issued her a 14" laptop. So every day she'd hunch over her desk and squint to see the screen. I installed a 24" monitor, a slightly more ergonomic keyboard and an ergonomic mouse while she was out at lunch. When I came in the next day, I had a handwritten thankyou card under my office door and a plate of homemade cookies in my mailbox, and so did the CFO and CEO. She was awestruck that we'd go out of our way to spend a little money on making her more comfortable. Total pricetag for the company? $200.
   
   
3. New hardware is cheap. New staff are expensive. If I were to completely refit an existing staff's work area with a new monitor on an adjustable arm, ergonomic keyboard and mouse, and adjustable lumbar chair, it would cost the company less than $800, including my time. If we have to replace a staff, they have to go through a two-week paid training before they start doing any work, and it's some weeks after that before they are productive at the same level of the staff they replaced. The cost to the company during that time is thousands of dollars.
   
   
4. Worker's compensation claims are expensive, even if the company doesn't have to pay. Because lawyers.

Hold on to that sucker, they got mad expensive after Microsoft quit making them: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Comfort-Curve-Keyboard-2000/dp/B0009ZBRS0

This baby.

This is the best keyboard I've ever owned: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Comfort-Curve-Keyboard-2000/dp/B0009ZBRS0

Comfort Curve 2000.. Luckily I bought 4 of them when they were in production.... They are crazy expensive now because they stopped making them I think.

I use this keyboard. It is fairly quiet, (not loud like other keyboard but not as quiet as a laptop.) and the keys are pretty flat. It is only 13$ and I have used it for a few years now with no problems.


Edit: Looks like newegg is sold out. I found it on Amazon. It's priced at 19$ but it also has free shipping.

I'm doing my first build in a few weeks with the help of this subreddit, so I'll share some of what I've learned.

The monitor is the killer. I'm going to appropriate one from a now dead family computer. If you're able to bump your budget up to $600, you can definitely build a decent computer. There are lots of builds for ~ 500 without monitor. Just search for "budget" in this subreddit and you should get several hits in the last few weeks.

You can get a decent keyboard for $15 or so. I use this one.

For general information, check out the beginners guide and other items in the sidebar. I also used the Logical Increments guide and best graphics cards and CPUs for the money guides.

Good luck!