OT: PC keyboards

Hey all, I'm soliciting ideas for a (full-size) PC keyboard to go with my laptop (which one of the dogs saw fit to trample) - which unfortunately means it has to be USB (spit!) I don't want to spend an utter fortune (it's just a keyboard, after all), but nor do I want some sort of "dead flesh" monstrosity (which seems to be *everything* I've tried in real stores so far). I used to find the old PC XT keyboards a little too 'clicky', but on the other hand everything I've tried since seems a bit too spongy. Maybe someone does a USB to PC-AT or PS/2 converter unit, which would allow me to connect an older keyboard? Ideally I really don't want 'Windows' keys or other stupid extra keys (email / web etc., or all the other crud modern manufacturers seem to like including) - I'll take them if I have to (and if I can them pull them out and fill in the holes, even better :) Any recommendations from the list? (off-list if needed; I don't want to jam the list with modern PC chat!) cheers Jules