Keyboards
Just brought myself a new keyboard to go with my laptop.
I’ve had the laptop since May, but have always wanted to get another external keyboard for it for use at home.
Yeah, it’s taken me awhile, but I’ve finally decided i’d buy one.
I brought the Microsoft Digital Media KeyBoard. Nice and black! (It came bundled with a black optical mouse too).
Nothing to complain about. It’s perfect for all my coding, blogging and maybe gaming needs 
Brought the combo for $45AUD (at the Computer Swapmeet in Springvale). Pretty good price considering that alone, the Mouse (Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A) costs $20 (for the white one). And some stalls at the computer swapmeet were selling the keyboard alone for $25.
Actually, I have the older version of the mouse at home, have had it since 2001 and it’s been working fine. But I decided it’s time to replace the mouse on the old computer and replace it with my old MS Wheel Optical Mouse.
I agree with Serdar Kilic with regards to the Toshiba keyboard layout.
It took me quite awhile to get used to the Toshiba laptop keyboard. Especially annoying is the fact that the WinKey is tucked away on the top right hand corner of the keyboard.
During the first few times I used the laptop keyboard, I kept hitting the Fn (Function) key thinking it was the WinKey. I’m a keyboard person, I like to perform as much as I can via keyboard only.
Anyway, I use many many keyboard shortcut combos and yeah, basically got annoyed with the laptop keyboard. With the regular sized keyboards the WinKey is located within reach of my left pinky, so I just use that to hit it without having to break my flow of typing. (does that even make sense?)
You know, some people might even think that the Microsoft branded hardware products are of higher quality than their software products! (I have seen a few posts that seem to agree with that thought). I recall reading a post on Neowin in fact where the comment author stated just that!
Hehe, what about that Microsoft Stark mouse? It actually feels quite comfortable in the hand. But then, I don’t have a need for it. I’ve already got a perfectly fine mouse.