January 14, 2007
Tactile pro 2.0 -- Jack's Picks MWSF2007
Tactilepro 2.0 is a full-sized USB keyboard, with a number-pad, and all the usual extra keys. Its special niche is the great "feel" of the keys makes for a better typing experience. (IBM did a bunch of research years ago about the ideal feel for a typewriter keyboard, and the tactile pro keyboards provide that kind of thing.)
The last Apple keyboard that provided this kind of excellent key-press feel was the Apple Extended way back when. The earlier tactile pro keyboards were built with key-switches from an outside source. But it's gotten very difficult to buy these good switches anymore. So the new 2.0 keyboard now uses key-switches that tactile makes themselves.
The 2.0 also features a USB 2.0 pass-through port on the keyboard.
$149.95
http://matias.ca/tactilepro/index.php
