Ricky Martin Hot Hot Hot!! Microsoft Office Keyboard $19.99 @ amazon

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: altonb1

Originally posted by: Wei
i was thinking about it, until i realized that this has no usb hub build in, no go for me

Huh? Maybe I've just been out of the loop for WAY too long....but do they make with USB Hubs in them? How can it be USB if it is attached via keyboard connector? Additional cable? Am I the clueless one here, or is it the post I quoted?

He's right. In fact I am selling one here

 

[Souka]

Originally posted by: fengpc
It's a pretty good keyboard. However I prefer to use wireless keyboard now.

OT, but be careful of wireless keyboards....most offer few channels(some few as 4) so it's very possibly to have someone capture your keystrokes.....like your passwords. All you need is same chipset(manufacturer) keyboard, try one channel after another, and open up notepad....bingo, you'll see everything they type.... I read some guy was being picked up hundreds of feet away because of unshielded power lines in his apartment/dorm. So words of caution if yer in a business or dorm enviornment (lots of keyboards).

Of course this really doesn't apply to Bluetooth keyboards as they use a pretty decent encryption that rotates each time the device initiialized (reboot system).


My $.02 of OT.

 

[DealMonkey]

WOW! Nice deal. I have one of these keyboards already. The scroll wheel on the left side along with the back, forward, cut, copy, paste buttons make this keyboard super useful. The only downside is it's not ergo -- MS should make a version of this KB that has a split design. I hate my fingers getting all cramped up

- dm

 

[hojl]

just wondering can I use the cut/paste/ copy buttons on other programs other than microsoft office?

 

[kidsafe]

I find ergo keyboards amazingly unergonomic.

I find wireless devices without charging cradles ridiculous. I have a Logitech MX 700 wireless mouse and love it, but that's because i never have top change the batteries. I'm not aware of any keyboards with docks or cradles...they'd be cumbersome anyway...having to dock your keyboard from time to time...keyboards are big!

 

[deramon]

Originally posted by: kidsafe
I find ergo keyboards amazingly unergonomic.

I find wireless devices without charging cradles ridiculous. I have a Logitech MX 700 wireless mouse and love it, but that's because i never have top change the batteries. I'm not aware of any keyboards with docks or cradles...they'd be cumbersome anyway...having to dock your keyboard from time to time...keyboards are big!

Yup

 

[huesmann]

Ugh, a straight keyboard. Unlike Ricky...

 

[DurocShark]

List Price: $39.99
Price: $19.99
You Save: $20.00 (50%)

Price changed ya'll.

 

[dchilder]

I've got this keyboard from a Sam's Club deal a year or so ago, and it was $25 or so then. Pretty nice keyboard from the start, and I've grown to like it even more as I gradually gotten used to some of the extras on it. Well worth $15.

 

[virtuamike]

Got mine today. It's nice, tested it with CS, works fine. The buttons are kinda cool, my roommate reprogrammed his to open winamp playlists, download folders, etc. Only bad thing is that the stupid function lock is off by default (meaning your F1, F2, etc keys don't work they way they're supposed to unless you hit F lock). *sigh* if only Ricky Martin were on AT, he'd do cha cha cha dance to celebrate.

 

[chopsticker]

Am I the only one that got the SNL - Chris Katan reference?