Chris Olson paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: >Frankly, Apple's desktop keyboards could use some improvement for >heavy users. I use one about a year and the pilots under the >most-used keys start getting worn to the point where they get >sticky. IMHO, they should put some type of scissors assy under the >keys like the PowerBook keyboards have to keep the key straight on >the pilot. >-- >Chris agreed, even the spring-action ones seemed to live a little longer. speaking of boards though, that's the odd thing about my Ti's internal board, it was hardly used. i had an external, and landed a full-time work-at-home-on-the-Mac gig, immediately, so when the board started generating characters, like a 'stuck' hyphen, even when it wasn't being touched for hours, i got spooked. I've seen some of these $300 boards that seem built like tanks, with fast-throw IBM selectric 'feel'. Not too shabby. Pricey for me, but... looking forward to the Matias in a couple days. I go through one a year also. ~flipper p.s. heheh, my old PB 150s were absolutely concave in the middle, from