{"id":98,"date":"2015-12-29T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/?p=98"},"modified":"2015-12-29T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T14:44:30","slug":"keyboard-upgrade-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/2015\/12\/29\/keyboard-upgrade-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard upgrade — finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over\u00c2\u00a0a year ago, my wireless Logitech keyboard died, and I temporarily replaced it with a backup Dell keyboard that had come with my old HTPC, Scooter<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0I originally had planned on getting a permanent keyboard as part of getting my new laptop Venus<\/a> last February, but I had trouble picking one out, so I delayed this upgrade and stuck with the Dell keyboard for Venus’ “docked” environment\u00c2\u00a0at my desk.<\/p>\n

What I really wanted in a replacement keyboard was: 1) A full keyboard, including numeric keypad (my wife and I both use the numeric keypad quite a bit); \u00c2\u00a02) Bluetooth; \u00c2\u00a03) Backlit (since we type at night often); \u00c2\u00a0and 4) Good build quality \/ key-feel.<\/p>\n

After searching and searching, I realized that a keyboard that matches all of those qualities does not exist, so I had to prioritize what mattered most to me and find the best overall keyboard. \u00c2\u00a0I ended up deciding on the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. \u00c2\u00a0It’s got a number pad, and an extremely high build quality with a great feel to the keys. \u00c2\u00a0I had decided that those two qualities matter most to me. \u00c2\u00a0Bluetooth doesn’t matter a much as it would with a mouse since the keyboard sits on a keyboard tray and doesn’t really need to move, and not many keyboard have backlit keys to start with so that holding onto that quality would have greatly reduced my available options. \u00c2\u00a0Interestingly, the white keys of the Apple keyboard are surprisingly visible in low light, which mostly addresses my need for a backlit keyboard.<\/p>\n

Now having gotten this keyboard, I think that, all things considered, it’s probably the best keyboard I’ve ever owned. \u00c2\u00a0The feel of it is amazing, it’s a pleasure to type on. \u00c2\u00a0So having percolated on this decision for over a year ended up being worth it — this keyboard is a great addition to my computer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over\u00c2\u00a0a year ago, my wireless Logitech keyboard died, and I temporarily replaced it with a backup Dell keyboard that had come with my old HTPC, Scooter. \u00c2\u00a0I originally had planned on getting a permanent keyboard as part of getting my new laptop Venus last February, but I had trouble picking one out, so I delayed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-venus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedberg.com\/computers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}