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Originally Posted by BookCat
Dazrin: Are you talking about the MS Sculpt ergonomic keyboard? I've never really felt the need for an ergonomic keyboard, but I'm sure that time will come. You can dampen the noise on the MX browns by putting O rings on them; but noise is a common factor of the MX switches (as opposed to membrane keyboards). Maybe you could buy your children membrane keyboards to save your sanity!
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I use a "Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000", I don't care much for the Sculpt Ergonomic since they messed with the insert/delete block and arrow keys, and the . I am also not used to the super short stroke length of chiclet/laptop type keys. I have considered the new Surface Ergonomic Keyboard but I doubt I will get one of those until the price drops a lot. I have a couple spare MS4000s that I will go through first. And if I get really desperate I have an original Microsoft Natural Keyboard sitting in a closet too (from 1994/5 I think).
As for o-rings, the noise isn't as bad as the shape for me and the browns really aren't that loud, just relative to a membrane keyboard. I have been using an ergonomic keyboard for almost 20 years and I can't stand the shape of a regular keyboard for long any more. My work laptop is torture when I have to be on the road.