But when I first saw the Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard, I had great hope: This new keyboard appeared to be very closely related to the keyboard I’ve been using. Switching from a well-worn desktop keyboard-like the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard I’ve been using now for over three years-to any other keyboard on a permanent basis is, alas, even worse. The keyboard layouts can be quite different, and of course if you’re moving between an ergonomic desktop setup and a non-ergonomic laptop keyboard, the differences can be even more painful. You may experience this regularly, as I do, when switching from a desktop PC to a portable PC.

So I take this topic very seriously.Įrgonomics are important, but of course the other issue facing anyone making a keyboard switch is familiarity. I am convinced, given the long hours I’ve spent repetitively typing in front of a screen for the past 20+ years, that truly ergonomic keyboards-and, as important, truly ergonomic mice-have spared me from the torture of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. But when Microsoft sets out to do the right thing, as it did with its Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 back in the day, or more recently with the even better Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard, the results are fantastic: An excellent and ergonomic typing position. But it’s important to know that the firm has vacillated between truly ergonomic designs and non-ergonomic curved designs that it incorrectly bills as ergonomic.

But it doesn’t go far enough.Īs you may know, I’ve used and recommended Microsoft’s ergonomic keyboards for years. Released alongside the Surface Studio in late 2016, Microsoft’s Surface Ergonomic Keyboard is a nice step up from traditional keyboards.

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