The Verge has a splendid article on the King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made. That, of course, is the IBM Model M. I’ve written before about how much I love this keyboard. Even Xah Lee, who won’t use any keyboard that’s not ergonomic, has nice things to say about it. His article on the Model M has an animated gif that shows the buckling spring mechanism in action.
I used to have an actual Model M but foolishly left it at a previous employer when I left. That doesn’t matter too much because Unicomp acquired the rights to the Model M and is still selling them.
It turns out that there is still a vigorous market for the original Model M. Brandon Ermita rescues old Model Ms, restores them and resells them at ClickyKeyboards so if you have a hankering for one, it’s still possible. As one gamer said,
Those bastards are the ORIGINAL gaming keyboards. No matter how much you abuse it, you’ll die before it does
The Verge article has a nice history of the Model M and the keyboards that came before and after it. If you’re looking for a keyboard, I can’t recommend the Model M enough. Why not get the best? Unicomp has them for $79.