I have the microsoft, and I like the keyboard, but
Posted By: MT4eight on 2007-07-17
In Reply to: Ergo keyboards sm - mlstoo
I don't like the built-in wrist rest. It's too hard, and I still have to put my gel pad on top of that. other than that, I like it. It took some getting used to for a couple of days.
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