F$%$^$^ Microsoft Natural Keyboard...

[GT98]

Well let me chauk up another dead MS Natural Keyboard Elite. In the past 18 months I've winded up killing two of these POS keyboards.

Thankfully that I kept the old Microsoft Natural keyboard that those other two where supposed to replace. This thing is about 6 years old and still kicking. Anyone else run into these problems with The MS Natural Keyboard Elite crapping out on them?

Scott


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Abit BH6 rev 1.0 Celeron 2-566@877mhz,256mb RAM,ATI Radeon AIW,SB Live! with Klipsch Promedia v2-400, Optiquest V95 19in montor, Asus 40x CD-ROM, Aopen 5x DVD-ROM,HP9110i 8x4x32 CD-RW,SupraMax 56k modem,WinME on Western Digital 30GB drive

[Rags]

Yes, I have repaired both of my co-worker's, it had a problem with the wires breaking where they go into the keyboard.

Rags

[Jammrock]

Were you using one of the new USB Natrual Pro's? Cause I just got one and I'll be very upset if it breaks any time soon.

Jammrock

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Athlon 650
256 MB PC133 CAS3 from Crucial
87 GB storage from WD & IBM
Matrox G400 (it's not dead yet!)
SB Live! the original full retail, still going strong
Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400, the PC speakers that goes BOOM!
Hope Matrox releases the G800 before rebuild time, becuase the end is near!

[KvHagedorn]

I wish they would bring back the old Natural Keyboard. I really like mine. The one at work is an elite, which is much lighter and seemingly flimsier, with some keys annoyingly reduced in size. I don't like it nearly as much.

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Kind Regards,

KvH

[GT98]

Nope it was one of those OEM deals with a PS/2 connector and I think an optional USB converter. I was also looking at getting one of those USB MS Natural keyboards (they have the inverted T for the arrow keys like the orginal MS Natural Keyboard) that has the 14 additional keys for the internet (like I'll use them!) and 2 additional USB ports, so I can make my mouse plug into my keyboard like a MAC .

Scott

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Abit BH6 rev 1.0 Celeron 2-566@877mhz,256mb RAM,ATI Radeon AIW,SB Live! with Klipsch Promedia v2-400, Optiquest V95 19in montor, Asus 40x CD-ROM, Aopen 5x DVD-ROM,HP9110i 8x4x32 CD-RW,SupraMax 56k modem,WinME on Western Digital 30GB drive

[Thundrchez]

I've still got one of the original MS Natural keyboards.

I briefly owned a MS Natural Elite, but I took the POS back to the store the same day that I got it. They totally screwed the pooch on that one. The arrow keys are totally unacceptable. I don't know its ultimate fate, but it is somebody else's problem now.