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Ask Soylent: Where do you Keep your Keyboard?

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 27 2016, @09:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the in-front-of-me dept.

Where do you keep your keyboard?

Obviously, if you have an all-in-one like an iMac or a traditional laptop, the keyboard is connected directly to the display. But if you have a desktop or a docking station — or even a Bluetooth keyboard for your mobile phone — there is some flexibility on where you place your keyboard.

I currently have an old (mechanical) Hewlett Packard PS/2 keyboard sitting on my desk attached (via a USB connector) to my laptop. The laptop sits off to the side and feeds into a much larger external monitor. I've tolerated this arrangement for a while but it is becoming apparent that this is far from the most ergonomic arrangement.

So, I am considering getting a keyboard arm. For those who have gone that route, how has that worked for you? What model did you get and how much did it cost? Did it flex under use or was it rigid and solid? Was there space for a mouse next to the keyboard? Do you have any suggestions on what to watch out for, either pro or con?

I'm in hopes that not only will I benefit from the collected experiences of the SoylentNews community, but that someone else we see a reply and choose to do something to improve their arrangement, too.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Osamabobama on Tuesday September 27 2016, @05:25PM

    by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday September 27 2016, @05:25PM (#407030)

    For those not familiar, Wikipedia has a picture of the iMac in question. Here is the page for the iMac ADM-3A [wikipedia.org], which represented a new class of all-in-one machines at the time.

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  • (Score: 2) by meustrus on Thursday September 29 2016, @03:01PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Thursday September 29 2016, @03:01PM (#407941)

    That Wikipedia page, and a quick Google search, attribute that machine to Lear Siegler. It is variously called the "LSI ADM-3A", the "Xerox [Model] ADM-3A", or just "ADM-3A", but never an iMac or an Apple product of any kind. Check out this timeline of all iMac form factors [wikipedia.org]. Not one has an integrated keyboard.

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