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My old Microsoft computer keyboard stopped working, and I was lucky to find one almost exactly like it on Amazon. It works great, and I'm grateful to the company I ordered it from for getting it to me by priority mail at no extra charge.hello sorry for the late entry about the microsoft keyboard 2000, this is a great keyboard and has features that I like , like instant online webpage entry to the internet, less typing , and can control the sound with it as well if playing music. I saw that you had it for sale and just had to have another 1 like it , just in case the 1 I currently use would go bad. I remember when the keyboard came out , it was a little over $10 at the time ,, I am lucky companies like yours still carried it. thanks again for fast and prompt shipment. everything works great on the keyboard , just like as if it were brand new.The I love the curve in the way the keys are laid out, and the length of the keystroke is short, making for much quicker typing. Almost as short as a laptop keyboard, but WAY comfortable. So you don't need move your fingers as much as your typical keyboard and have good ergonomics with the slight curve. This is by-far the most comfortable keyboard I have ever used. I've been using this model of keyboard for years and I think these beat out those noisy IBM PS/2 clicky tactile-response keyboard from the 90s that everyone used to rave about. The slight curve feels much more natural than the un-natural feeling "natural" keyboards with the wide split down the middle. These keyboards have a totally different feel from traditional keyboards, but once you get used to them, it's hard to want to use anything else. They're also relatively silent to the IBM clicky keyboards.However, I have gone through several of these keyboards in the last 3-4 years or so. For some reason after a while (my oldest one lasted about 3 years, but one lasted me less than 6 months) some keys will just stop working. This is noted by someone else in at least one other review. But the keyboard is so cheap, and when it works they're so pleasant to type on, that when one fails I will continue to buy them and replace it. I've just replaced one and am going to be buying more so if this one fails, I'll have one ready to replace it.POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO KEYS THAT STOP WORKING: When keys stop working for no apparent reason (no spilled water etc), as others and I have mentioned, I found that grabbing the keyboard firmly at both ends with both hands and twisting the keyboard from end to end will get the keys to work again. (e.g. twist the keyboard along its length by pushing top right away and pull top left towards you simultaneously, then switch back and forth a few times.) There must be some loose connections inside somewhere. I don't know how long this trick will keep your keyboard functional, but it doesn't have to be done very often. Don't use so much force that you're going to break it, but just to "loosen it up."This is, to me, one of the best keyboards from MS, if you prefer the low profile ones instead of the bulky ones like the natural keyboard 4000. The edges are rounded and I reconfigured the upper keys to control the music I listen to (in iTunes) while I work. It's my second keyboard like this, the first I've got was by chance (I inherited from a previous worker) and when it broke I thought I could get used to any other keyboard, wrong! My productivity went down and I found myself looking for this discontinued model.As a heads-up, MS released a newer version called Comfort Curve 3000. They realized this was a nice keyboard so they -and this is me being sarcastic- decided that it was too good to be MS, so they screwed the design on the new one. If you like this keyboard, don't ever get the 3000.In a nutshell, I recommend this product, good quality Hardware and very comfortable.This keyboard is known for key-failure problem.
