Okay....
After giving the Wang 724 (enough sniggering at the back), a fair trial, I have come to the conclusion that I bloody hate it.
The keys are simply too stiff to push properly, and I can feel the onset of wrist ache after just a few minutes hacking away at the keyboard. Hell, Mavis Beacon is quite concerned at my sudden drop in speed (from 75ish AWPM to 35ish AWPM)
Analysing my technique (poor as it is), I think this is because I seem to push al lot of the keys from an angle, rather than straight down. Although I am learning to touch-type properly, I have to Unlearn nearly 20 years of typing on Buckling spring. They will let you type "offcenter" quite happily, without the ache setting in.
Are most Alps switches like this?
I suspect it may well be different if I learn to type properly, (currently, it's look at screen, memorize, watch keys like a hawk... I think it's largely mental barriers at this point, the confidence to NOT look at the keys), but that isn't going to happen in a hurry. It could also be a well-worn keyboard, as this saw use as a daily driver from a coder for a good many years.
Either way, I am going to treat myself for my birthday, and get a shiny (nearly) new M13, and give my poor wrists a rest.
There, my thoughts on my crap typing, and a nice clicky, but hellishly painful keyboard. The extra Function keys rocked though.
My 1391406 is now going to resume it's rightful place, dodgy SDL cable and all...
