I bought a new keyboard today. My old one died months ago and I was using my archaic (mid 1990’s!) one as a ‘temporary’ back up. It was a good keyboard in its day, but it’s definitely on its last legs, with some keys sticking and the command key not always responding. I’ve got too much on my plate right now to be working with an unreliable keyboard.

My last ‘good’ keyboard was a Microsoft Comfort Curve. Do y’all see the irony in that? I’m an Apple gal except when it comes to peripherals. The Apple keyboard and not-so-mighty mouse suck (my not-so-technical opinion, of course!). I was thrilled with my Microsoft keyboard. It was ergonomic, clicked pleasantly, and was spill proof. My only complaints with it were that the ‘hot keys’ don’t work with OS X, that the command key is where the option key should be (and vice versa), and the ù is in a really odd spot (to the left of the 1 above the tab); does anyone have a pinky long enough to reach up there?!

Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard

One day, though, the whole left side of it just stopped working. I’d only paid about $40 for it and had had it for over two years, so I accepted the loss. I type a lot and am hard on my keyboards, so I try to buy them cheaper and am accepting that they need to be replaced regularly.

All that to say that when I got to Staples today and learned that the Microsoft Comfort Curve is now the cheapest Mac-compatible keyboard they carry (with a price drop to less than $30 with tax!), I decided that it’s going to be my official keyboard from now on!

When I brought it home, I didn’t have to shut down to install the new keyboard. I just unplugged the old one (that I still can’t bring myself to trash!), plugged in the new, and started to type. Macs are just so easy. Getting reaccustomed to the Comfort Curve’s layout took a few minutes and then my fingers felt like they had come home. The command key thing, however, is going to take some time to get readjusted to. 🙂

(no, this post was NOT sponsored by Microsoft or Staples! 😀 )