NATURAL KEYBOARD PRO PS2/USB

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Summary: A great bundle of an excellent keyboard!
Review: This is a 5-pack of the Microsoft Natural Pro series of keyboards. It comes with an adapter that lets it become USB if you want, or you can plug it into your standard PS/2 slot. It has several special-function buttons so that you can program them to launch games, applications, or even specific websites, and has a curved shape that contours ergonomically to where your hands want to rest naturally if you were to place them on a slightly slanted surface. Try it out now: place your hands on your desk and let them relax to where they want to. It will not be a straight position like a normal keyboard requires. It will be a layout where your hands are turned inward a little bit, as your arms naturally fall. This pack gives you five Natural keyboards, which are shaped exactly to where your hands want to be. This provides greater comfort, gives your fingers a rest, provides convenient, handy functions, and will reduce the possibility and severity of carpal-tunnel syndrome, especially if you use computers a lot. These are must-have keyboards: if you don't have one already, snag one today, or if you own multiple computers, get this five-pack and put one on all of your computers!

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Summary: My typing speed has nearly doubled
Review: This is really just a review of the keyboard itself; there's not much to say about the 5-pack other than the per-keyboard price is lower when you buy in bulk.

I can type far faster on this keyboard than I can on a straight keyboard, which was a pleasant surprise. I expected it to be more comfortable to use (and it is), but the speed increase was a nice bonus. The keys have just the right amount of resistance for high speed typing.

Of course, the standard warning about this kind of keyboard is: ONLY BUY A "NATURAL" KEYBOARD IF YOU ARE A TOUCH TYPIST! If you hunt and peck, you will HATE this keyboard.

The multi-function keys are a really nice touch. Best of all, they work without you having to do a lot of setup...

This keyboard can be connected to your computer via the USB port, OR the PS2 port, OR both. That's really important, because all the information I could find on this keyboard never made this quite clear. For me, it was crucial that ONLY the USB connection be required for my laptop, because my laptop has no keyboard connector whatsoever. For my desktop, I have both USB and PS2, so I went ahead and plugged in both.

If you only have USB, you will not be able to use your keyboard until the machine has booted at least up to the Windows password prompt. If you have a BIOS password, and you are not using the PS2 connector, you will have to enter the password another way (like by using the irritating, mushy keyboard built into your laptop)...

One complaint that I have is that it is very hard to use the CTRL keys. You have to get your hands pretty far out of home position to hit them, and it's awkward...

However, overall I find the experience to be supperior to using a straight keyboard.