 - Ergonomic design
- Built-in palm rests, adjustable keyboard legs
- Space-saving design
- PS/2 and USB ports ensure compatibility with newer and older PCs
- Works with most Microsoft MS-DOS and Windows platforms
List Price: $39.95
Lowest Price: $28.85 
Product Description: To design a more comfortable keyboard, Microsoft conducted extensive ergonomic and usability research. The result is the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite. Its split, gently sloped shape encourages a natural hand position-so you can type more comfortably.The Natural Keyboard Elite allows you to place your hands, wrists and forearms in a naturally comfortable position. The built-in palm rest provides a comfortable place for your hands when you're not typing. Amazon.com Product Description: Microsoft's Natural Keyboard Elite features ergonomic contours that comfortably accommodate not only your fingers, but your whole hands. A built-in palm rest and adjustable keyboard legs help you work in comfort, and two connection options give you the ultimate flexibility: either a round PS/2 port or a rectangular USB port for plug-and-play convenience with the latest PCs. With its improved space-saving design, the new keyboard takes up less room on your desktop and fits easily into keyboard trays. To use the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite, you need one of the following operating systems: Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1 or later, Windows NT Workstation or Server 3.51 or later, Windows 3.1 or later, and an available PS/2 or USB port (USB requires Windows 98, 2000, Me, or XP). Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-27
It's a keyboard
Pros: sturdy board with good height adjustment; comfortable split that's not so dramatic to make changing from a standard keyboard difficult, but it has provided great relief on wrist stress; decent resistance in the keys (nothing too squishy); dual windows keys make it easier to continue using both left and right hand keyboard short cuts with a mac operating system (taking the place of the control key); non-skid feet on the front prevent the board from moving from a preferred position without a hard knock.
Cons: altered position of the arrow keys and home/end/delete/page/insert keys took some getting used too; "usb compatible" is an adapter plug (found much cheaper than the keyboard), not a direct usb plug to the computer. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-10
ergonomic correct keyboard
saves your hands from crapal tunnel easy to use a pleasure to use destroys the basic dell keyboard 100 to one wont be sorry on this one dynamite product Rating:
Date: 2008-07-07
A nearly perfect keyboard
To be perfectly honest, my mom stole one of these from an office job years ago because they were just throwing it out, and she thought the design was cool. Little did I know, I was getting one of the best keyboards I've ever used.
First and foremost is the ergonomic design- it's really quite surprising how much hate the ergonomic design generates from touch typists who are unwilling to do any retraining. Trust me, it's worth the change, and it's really not that bad. I really wish more businesses would get with the program and get these keyboards- the amount of stress they take off your wrists is something you'll miss if you're ever stuck at a "regular" keyboard again- I've carried this keyboard with me when sometimes when I've done repair work for friends. In fact, this keyboard also promotes proper hand placement for typing, and you might find yourself typing faster overall after you adjust. Change to an ergonomic keyboard today, and you'll thank yourself forever.
A surprisingly good part of the keyboard is that it has no programmable buttons. Lots of computer users swoon over keyboards that give you one-touch access to your email or your internet browser- but in the long run, those buttons are more of a hassle than a help. Keyboard software can stop working, and potentially much worse, all those extra gadgets can make a more complicated keyboard incompatible with certain systems. This keyboard has only the basics, so it plugs in and works instantly just like any other standard keyboard. Because of this, my keyboard has outlived 3 computers at this point, and has worked perfectly on them all. I would say that this keyboard's excellent plug-and-play features make it "portable", but that's a bit of a misnomer as the ergonomic layout does make it bigger than most, and you will have to take that into account when looking at keyboard trays or desk space.
This brings us to the only real potential problem with the keyboard, which is that it might not be appropriate for gaming use. If you need to use the arrows extremely quickly for gaming or a similar purpose, the diamond requires your fingers to skip over each other going from up to down. Most games however use the WASD keys for the most critical aspects of the game, with the arrows being more secondary, making this a non-issue.
This is a more comfortable keyboard that's best for typing. It's not as good for some games, and it's not so good for travel. So long as you know what you're getting, this is an excellent unit, highly recommended. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-18
Good but ...
Pretty good in general. Two things, though. This keyboard is wider for some keyboard trays. So make sure it fits the keyboard tray of your computer desk before you buy it. Second, I type in both Chinese and English. My typing in Chinese was not standard typing before. I needed to reach out to the other half at first and obviously that kinda hurt my finger muscle. Now I've changed (or forced to change). I got used to this keyboard fairly quickly. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-09
Keyboard
I use this keyboard when I can't use a wireless one. I have been using this keyboard off and on ever since they came out. It is wonderful and it lasts a long time. I do medical transcription and have to have a good one that holds up and this one does. |
