The first time I ever typed on a keyboard is an Apple //e which is in the school computer lab. I love the computer so much.
A few years later, my father bought me a clone Apple // computer and I started learning programming and got an interest in I.T.
When the IBM PC exploded into the industry, I worked part time while studying and earn enough to buy a Acer computer with intel 486. It came with this keyboard which is an alps clicky. The photo below is a photo of my keyboard, not taken from the internet.
A few later I have tried many keyboards including rubber domes. I really like those in ThinkPads but after using them a few years, I always find myself rummaging through my store to look for my trusty old Acer keyboard and continue using it. One day I began to be curious why this Acer keyboard is so good and what is the switch it was using and my research on Google took me to Geekhack!! I must have owned this keyboard for at least 20 years. Can you imagine that? That is how long I have kept and used a keyboard. I wonder if the HHKB can even last as long.