Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3.0 Wins Personal Acclaim

It is possible to love a keyboard as you would a pet? This comes pretty close. The Microsoft
Wireless Desktop 3.0 is very nice and they thought of everything.

In my case, I put the wireless optical mouse into the drawer (see article on the VerticalMouse). The goal of this purchase was to get the Comfort keyboard. Read about the features by leaving this page. If you are a little short on cash or desktop real estate, then you might get the Wireless Optical Desktop Pro, it should have a similar keyboard pitch (space between keys) and the angle (keyboard arrangement like a small upside-down V) about the same, though does not include some extra keys. Note also the the Comfort Edition keyboard does not have a gap between the keys in the middle of the keyboard. It looks cool, while still angling all the keys. The Desktop Pro does have a big gap in the middle of the keyboard.

Again, the physical relief of having the left and right right halves of the keyboard at an angle, is my goal. The wireless feature is not a huge plus, but I guess I could put my feet up on the desk and the board on my lap to type long documents.

There are completely programmable buttons along the side and top of the keyboard, you can bring up documents, applications, accessories, or whatever you wish. The IntelliType Pro software does not look so attractive, but who looks at it once programmed? A quick tip is that you might as use the Calculator button to do something more powerful, such as OpenOffice.org Calc or even Excel. The favorites can also be easily assigned to something more practical than just bookmarks.

Am I making this up? I came from the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite, back in 1997 and still on sale today. Purchase reason was the same: The angle of the keys. Check out the space bar that is the size and shape of a banana. Your thumb does not know where to hit the key.