A little more on the Chicony - NMB discussion

I've just replaced a chicony keyboard with an NMB and I can make a few informed comments after having spent the evening

My chicony gave pretty clean tactile feedback on key strokes. A trouble was that it was a relatively "clackety" keyboard.

When I very first received my NMB, it did feel relatively "mushy" because it didn't telegraph the tactile clicks that the chicony did. But over a little time, I really began to like it. It has a much silkier feel and I am not distracted by the constant clacking of the keyboard.

Both are nice keyboards and both work well. I think the NMB is just a little nicer.

One thing to know about both of these keyboads is that is incredibly easy to pop a key off, especially when working inside a thinkpad and once it's popped of there is no way to repair the key as it attaches to the keyboard switch with the tiniest of plastic prongs. They are both flimsy. The Lenovo rep that I talked to for service replacement said, "It happens all the time". After having popped a key, it's easy to see why.

 

Where'd you obtain your replacement? I have a Chicony, and I'm pretty happy with it. If it's not too much of an upgrade though, I'd love to try out an NMB as well.

 

I accidently popped a key off my keyboard and it was replaced under warranty.

 

This is probably my favorite feature of the keyboard. It's easy to pop them off and click them back on. My only gripe is that some keys have to be popped from the top and some the bottom, it's difficult to know where.

 

My NMB keyboard has a tendency to miss the input from certain keys at certain times. The "z" key misses and the left side of the space bar misses from time to time. Kind of irritating to look up and see word running together. If I were to write a note to ZaZ it would look something like "Hey a" or "Heya" if My keyboard was having a bad day.

 

One thing I notice is increased cursor jumping.