well, after 3 and 1/2 months on my Unicomp "on-the-ball" which is the customizer model with the trackball added "i would guess as an afterthought" its time to jot some notes down about it. my old thread here:
linky. I love it, its a fast typer much superior to any blister keyboard for feel and speed, absolutely crisp strokes, and i have resolved myself to keep this as my primary keyboarding device. "here it comes...." HOWEVER, a couple of annoying observance i do have. First: I opted for the USB model, my reasoning was i wanted to use only one port on my pc, and not take up the ps2 ports as the ps2 model has two separate connectors. i assume the keyboard has a built in USB data switch/router that allows it to send the keyboard data and trackball data at the same time. when i restart my computer or do a full shut down, i must fully unplug and then plug in again the keyboard for it to be recognized again by the PC. I have tried it on my big-rig,
Linky, on my old 1.4 amd platform, and my two netbooks all hold the same problem. as for sound, it's nice and lovely. I get to keep my wife awake in the nights while doing my college work, and yes, she is slowly pulling out her hair with the clicks "evil little grin". all the keys on the board seem to only require the same force for a stroke, the finish is average, and you are able to tell where the keys were molded as the flashing is easily observed by holding the board at a certain angle. Second: The trackball on the other hand is totally unacceptable. I feel like a drunken orangutan using it, as there is barely any accuracy with the mechanical rollers within it. I have had better luck with an antique IBM mechanical track ball mouse than this trackball.
as for any regrets, I probably should have gotten the customizer with the extra $20 used for the trackball going for blank keys from unicomp, but this monkey just wanted more buttons. the only plans I have is to dye the keys all black or just get the blank ones from unicomp, and open the board and replace the green LED indicator lights with bright blue ones, you can hardly see the green LEDs (I'm assuming theyre old IBM stock).
in closure, just get the Customizer.
Unicomp File Photo of the "On-the-Ball":
Unicomp File Photo of the "Customizer"