<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Friends,<div class="">I’m thinking after years of pondering it that I might finally bite the bullet and buy a mechanical keyboard as I prepare to start dissertating. I’m trying to figure out which one to go with. The options that seem most obvious are:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- A used IBM Model M (problem: none of the modern function keys would be on it, which would be a pain; noisy).</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Unicomp Model M with Mac keys (problem: maybe too noisy?)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Mathias Quiet Pro (problem: some people complain they die after a few years).</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Das Keyboard 4 (problem: some people complain the key labels wear off too quickly from use).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has anyone uses several of these? Can you speak to which one was your favorite? Suggestions on other keyboards, perhaps?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Blessings,</div><div class="">Tim</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class="">Timothy Butler</b></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz" class="">tbutler@ofb.biz</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><i style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Georgia, Times, serif;" class="">"The best theology would need no advocates: it would prove itself."</i><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Georgia, Times, serif;" class=""> —Karl Barth</span>
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