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Posted at 9:19 AM on Friday 12/17/10 by
Ben
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Office Depot has the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic USB Keyboard 4000 for $15 with free in-store pickup. Shipping option is $10. It has the "natural" keyboard layout, which is typically a love-hate decision. [Compare]
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    Forbidden - Posted 9:27 am PST 12/17/10 (803 Posts)  Report Spam

    Good way to break a knuckle...lol
    How people type on these I will never know...

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    gammasolution - Posted 10:20 am PST 12/17/10 (26 Posts)  Report Spam

    I am able to get it today with free shipping. But they charged me tax. Still under $16 a good deal for this keyboard.

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    swreynolds - Posted 11:01 am PST 12/17/10 (911 Posts)  Report Spam

    It took 2 months of use before my wrists stopped hurting.
    I'm happy to say I got rid of it.

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    fake_ben - Posted 12:03 pm PST 12/17/10 (401 Posts)  Report Spam

    Some people like these keyboards. I used one around 10 years ago, and it really felt more comfortable than a normal keyboard. It broke around 7 years ago, and I haven't used one since. One thing that is definitely bad about this keyboard is how big it is and how hard it is to store it somewhere, due to its ergonomic-ness.

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    skrooks - Posted 5:45 pm PST 12/17/10 (284 Posts)  Report Spam

    These things retail for around $50-60, but you can usually find them for as cheap as $35. At $15 each, this is a bargain, if you like ergonomic keyboards. I personally like the ergonomic layout, but I don't really care for the selection of shortcut keys provided. It has a play/pause button, but no stop, previous/rewind or next/fast-forward buttons. (You can reconfigure the back/forward buttons at the bottom for previous/next.) With the MS drivers installed, the volume keys feel a little slow to react. You have to push them several times to get much change in volume, or you try to hold it down and the volume rockets up/down. I also find the zoom slider to be pretty pointless. You can find info out there on how to mess with the keyboard driver config files to remap it to scroll up/down, but it's still no substitute for a scroll wheel. Still, with all that said, I bought 4 of em.

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