CHERRY G84 UltraSlim Keyboard w Integrated Trackball Black G84-5400LUMEU-2

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Bought as an "open box" item, this is, with no exaggeration, the best keyboard I have ever used. And as a typical "die-hard" keyboardist with smaller-than-average hands, and who hates to move her hands away from the keyboard to use the mouse, other keyboards now feel clumsy and unwieldy in comparison. It's working GREAT with WordPerfect. If I could find more at the price I paid, it would be the only keyboard I would ever buy. Read more

It was more difficult than expected to find a keyboard of this size, with an acceptable keyboard layout AND a trackball. Always be sure to carefully check the details of the key layout (which is strangely not always well defined in the specs) because there are a variety of layouts available and they're often not what you are accustomed to. My first purchase of a slightly different model of this keyboard had the CTRL and FUNC keys swapped, and things like that can drive you crazy if you type by feel. This still isn't the perfect layout, but keys are at least where I'd expect to find them. I'm using this in a lab/light-industrial environment, and the trackball turns out to be a better choice than a touch pad, simply because you can operate it with a gloved hand. Nothing beats a mouse, but in my case there was no surface available. This keyboard is quite thin, and instead of flip-up feet, it comes with plastic feet that can be inserted into slots on the bottom. It is somewhat costly, but after having tried numerous types of cheaper keyboards, I decided that the Cherry name had to count for something -- so far so good. Read more