Re: Inside the World's Greatest Keyboard

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Kari Eveli  wrote:

> From: Kari Eveli 
> Subject: Re: Inside the World's Greatest Keyboard
> To: "XyList" 
> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:14 AM
>
> Buying an Avant Stellar was a leap of faith for me (mail
> order, had not tried one before!), but it was well worth it.
> My old IBM AT keyboard (not an M model, but the 'original'
> with function keys on the left) did not work with modern
> software, and I had relegated it to a DOS machine. The Avant
> Stellar has it all: function keys on the left, Ctrl key
> where it should be, and the modern amenities Windows
> requires. It is even better than the IBM: it has a better
> and larger backspace key, and the Esc key is removed from
> the proximity of the backspace. And it is black matching my
> computer case...
>

It should last for more than 10 years of hard use, easily.
If you avoid spilled drinks, cookie crumbs, and excessive
dust, that is likely a rather conservative number.
(Like the Omni-102s, I think these take a year or two just
to get broken in, to where the key-action does not feel
"starched.") I had no idea they came in black, but
prefer the beige anyway.


 Jordan