keyboards from hell

What is going on here?

A couple days ago, my keyboard took a header off my desk. It appeared to be working fine until I rebooted later that day. Then the keyboard was shot.. no connection.. it was dead.

Fine, I don’t mind getting something new. So off to the store I went.

I’ve been a great supporter of all things Logitech. With that in mind, I carefully decided to hit upon the new Logitech Wave keyboard. I need something friendlly on the wrists and happy for my fingers.

Today, about 2 days later, I am typing away for the MOSDonair MODSonair show, getting ready for the broadcast and I find that all my iterations of the show’s name are spelled wrong. It keeps coming up with jumbled letters. I had noticed something similar to this with other words, but I just assumed it was my poor typing ksills skills.

After more testing, I found the problem. You can’t hold down more than 4 keys at once. And if you type too quickly, some of those keys will be registered as a multiple hit and jumble up on you anyway.

I knew this was an issue with the Microsoft keyboard, but Logitech… what are you doing to me!

ugh… there goes that money down the drain. And now I need another keyboard.

Posted in: General »  by: foyleman

5 Responses to “keyboards from hell”

1. supersword  Says:
   April 12th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

   Money down the drain? Does that mean you arn’t going to return it?

   I’ve been looking at a new keyboard for a while. I was either going to go for the Elipse III by Saitek or a Razer Tarantula. The problem is, they both have small return keys. That’s a big no no.

2. foyleman  Says:
   April 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

   I can’t return the keyboard. Some how the box got all thrown away. :/

   And now I realize that since it’s Easter, Best Buy is closed. ugh. Another day with this thing.

   I need a hook-up right to my brain. Then perhaps I wouldn’t need this blasted thing.

3. foyleman  Says:
   April 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

   I went out and purchased the G15 from Logitech. So far, so good. The only complaint I have after 2 days of use is the macro keys on the left side are occasionally confused for the usual keys so instead of hitting Ctrl, I might hit that last macro key. Although I think that’s something I can get used to.

   Also, I will note it feels cramped not typing on a non-split (ergonomic) keyboard. I hope that doesn’t effect my wrists.

4. azz  Says:
   April 16th, 2009 at 9:13 am

   I purchased a Razer Lycosa a few months ago and it has never gone wrong or annoyed me. Excellent response time and the feel of the keys is lovely!

   Return key is normal sized too supersword

   Azz

5. supersword  Says:
   April 16th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

   I can see the benefits of an ergonomic keyboard, but I dont think I would get on with them. To be honest, I hardly ever sit at my desk properly so nothing I use is going to make much of a difference.

   I need to start looking at a new keyboard though. This one sometimes misses keys like L and S. Lots of hardware breaking, so little money. lol.

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