Jordan,I have no experience with the Avant Stellar but I have two Omnikey Ultra keyboards already dead after many years of use and repeated maintenance. When compared to the Northgate keyboard, the Unicomp has a better "touch" (more IBM-like).Manuel J R FOX wrote:I had thought it was rather difficult to kill off an Avant Stellar ?! Even more so than the Northkey ones before it, they can take very heavy use for a very, very long time. (Of course, I keep food or beverages well away from mine . . . and dust is not much of a problem here.)