Do you know how much funk can accumulate inside a keyboard in five years? I should have put it in a ziploc bag and sold it to an allergen lab; there must have been enough cat hair to kill a dozen asthmatics.
On the upside: My Logitech now sounds as loud and clicky as an IBM Model M compared to thirty minutes ago.
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Keyboards are cheap. Trash cans are plentiful. Just toss those things (keyboards, mice) in the trash every six months or so and move on.
I still have my Model M, and its still the easiest keyboard I have to clean... just take out to the back porch and hang it over the rail and beat it with a broom. Dang things are near indestructible.
The other way to keep your keyboard clean is this.
I love my Model M. It collects nastiness (cat hair and food mostly) far too easily, but there's just something about a keyboard that could also double as a bludgeon.
BryanP
Cat and dog hair are my laptop keyboard's worst enemies. That, and I tend to spit soda across the keyboard reading Phlegmmy's and Lucrative Pain's blogs ...
So I invested in a keyboard cover. They're surprisingly hard to find for laptops but damn, I love that thing.
Also has the added bonus that I can still read the letters on my keys - after 2 years of nearly daily use, that's saying something.
The IBM Model M is the one true keyboard. Accept no substitutes. What other keyboard can be used to crush a zombie's skull and then carry right on typing?
How about a
dishwasher safe keyboard
http://www.sealshield.com/
Do what I do. I pop off all the keys, take out the printed circuit board and rinse out all the keyboard parts, circuit board and all, under warm running water. Then I dry it all off and put it all back together again. Usually takes about 3 hours, which is about how long it takes me to clean my AR-15 :)
After reading about the unicomp keyboards here about half a year or so ago (maybe longer), I ordered one to try it out. Great stuff, so I ordered 8 more. I now have them on all of my computers even the ones at work.
There is nothing like the unicomp/model M keyboards for feel and yes they are very very easy to clean.
Thanks for the tip by the way. I had been looking for new ones ever since I gave my my IBM AT.
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