Mechanical keyboard for a typist

Craig321 · 14 Jan 2013 at 16:31

My Mum does transcriptions for a living so can get through a normal keyboard quite effectively.

Can anyone recommend a decent, cheapish mechanical keyboard? It needs to be standard layout, with a normal enter key, normal layout on the Insert/Delete/Home/End/Page Up/Page Down keys etc.

No backlights, no macros, no fancy media buttons, just a keyboard please

Thanks.

Craig321 · 14 Jan 2013 at 16:49

ubersonic said:
This one imo:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-013-CH&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2107

I nave owned one since ~1996 (serial variant, this is USB) and it has survived years of everyday use including AS/AVCE/HND/FdSc coursework, Visual basic programming, writing reports every night for work and 8 years of hammering WoW (oh.. my.. god.. what have I done with my life lmao).

Does this one have a normal enter key when ordered?

Craig321 · 14 Jan 2013 at 17:16

Looks good, thanks. Short left shift isn't a problem, her current Dell cheap keyboard is the same.

Is it best to use these with the PS/2 converter? I read something a while ago about mechanical keyboards working better through the PS/2 port?

Craig321 · 16 Jan 2013 at 19:10

Thanks, think I'll go for the Cherry. I've read a few reviews that say the casing build quality isn't great?

Orcvader said:
Blue switches sounds like the one she needs:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-007-QP&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2107

That looks good as well. What are they like compared to Cherry keyboards?