31 May
2016
31 May
'16
12:01 p.m.
On 05/31/2016 11:21 AM, Dave Wade wrote:
I don't like the Model "M" keyboard.
It's a bit like wanting a
tracker organ rather than my Yamaha EL90. The keys require
significant pressure to operate and if you are not used to it its
actually hard work. I am not really used to this Lenovo Thinkpad T410
keyboard, but the Thinkpad laptop keyboards haven't really altered
For a long time, even though IBM sold the business to Lenovo.
It could be a matter of what you learned to touch-type on. For me, it
was a manual Underwood office machine. It took some time to get used to
an electric typewriter--too twitchy. One thing that's probably been
lost to time is the need for a uniform striking force when using a
manual typewriter.
With that in mind, the Model M is the best of the recent (<30 years) lot.
Nothing wrong with tracker-action organs, IMOHO. There's an immediacy
of "feel" to them, not easily reproduced by
electronic/electrical/pneumatic keying. I'm speaking from the home town
of John Brombaugh, so allowances must be made, naturally.
Just call me an old fossil.
--Chuck