My USB Unicomp keyboard just came in the mail. I recently got a new job and I work from home 2x per week. It makes it easy to keep everything on my laptop, which is a crappy macbook with a crappy mac keyboard which lacks a real [Delete]*key, a number pad, print screen, pg up/down, End, etc. Since I will be using it fairly often I wanted to use my Unicomp mechanical key keyboard, but of course I bought it almost a decade ago and it has a mini ps2 connector. So I ordered a new one (space saver, which is cool) that has a USB connector. This thing totally rules.

There was a thread recently and someone linked to a mechanical keyboard on newegg for ~40 bucks with free shipping. When I added it to my cart, though, the price raised up to 45 and no free shipping, so I decided to just splurge and get the unicomp. Totally worth it, now I can type fast on the mac (at least when I'm at home).

How does the Saint John's Arms key work?

Yeah, Unicomp keyboards look really great. I always liked typing on my old Model M.

I also rather liked the Sun workstation keyboards that RIT had in the CS labs. The layouts were whacky and annoying, but the feel of the keys for typing was wonderful.

Um what?

Oh, when I'm actually using the mac os, it just automatically maps the windows key to the mac key, so it's virtually the same. But usually I'm in a linux or windows vm doing development or malware analysis.

I bought one of those flexible folding rubber/silicone keyboards - it's pretty cool, and I can roll it up and stick it in my laptop bag.

I bought a mouse yesterday and at Staples they had those things on sale for 10 bucks. Seemed more annoying to type on than the mac keyboard.

I love the macbook keyboard!

(ok, apart from when I need a number pad)

The flexible keyboard was bit annoying at first, but once I realized I could POUND on the keys and it's wouldn't hurt my fingers nor make an obnoxious noise, I (and my coworkers) loved it. I also like the fact that it's flat (meaning, the back end isn't raise up higher than the front).

I was the one who linked to that other mechanical keyboard and I share your love for mechanical keyboards. I did not get the Unicomp because I do have some stubbornness for style and unfortunately the white one didn't match the color scheme of the rest of my system and the black ones didn't have numbe rpads But I really do love the heavy spring feel they have.

Actually, just click space saver on their site and you can get a black one with a number pad. That's what I got. The keys are gray though, I'm not quite sure why they did that. It looks better in person than in their pictures but not as cool as black on black.

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104bl.html

The space saver ones are just like the originals except they don't have all the extra plastic around the outside, but the keys/switches are exactly the same.

WHERE IS MY LCARS KEYBOARD!

So, just for the record, model m is exactly what this keyboard is. Unicomp owns the rights to produce them, they are just like the old ones (you can get one with windows keys, if you want).

Exactly the same? Detachable cable? Removable key caps? Classic IBM logo in upper corner?

I've an old IBM Model F 84-key keyboard, and I must say, typing on it is beautiful...

Hahaha that's an XT keyboard

I see what you did there. You listed stupid features that nobody cares about. They sell the replacement cables so they probably sell keyboards with detachable cables, but the ones I have don't have that. Of course there's no ibm logo. What do you mean by removable key caps? Does that help me type better?

On the IBM Model M keyboards, they keys had caps for each letter that were removable. I'm not sure why, other than that you could change the apparent layout. It would be useful if you wanted to learn dvorak...

This doesn't appear to have that. However, when you order, you can have your keyboard customized/programmed however you want.

Nope, it's an AT. The 83-key is XT, the 84-key is AT.