Buying new computer - opinions, advice?

[classicdrogn]

Ah, yes, that is absolute - don't get cheap crap for your keyboard and mouse. A cheap keyboard will usually see the letters wear off with a couple years of use and may start popping off keys, espescially if dropped a couple times, I've also had better luck with not getting irregular keystrokes from a few crumbs trapped under the keys with Logitech rather than Elcheapo. Likewise, the difference between a cheap mouse and a good mouse (both optical) is not having to use a mousepad on my metal desk, or a knee, or the arm of an upholstered chair, and buttons that are neither mushy nor over-stiff. Again I say Logitech, or IBM - IBM makes some keyboards with absolutely spectacular feel to the action, in a way that makes a surprising difference when you need to do a lot of typing. It's like wearing a good shoe versus and adequate one for running in. I carried an IBM trackpoint-equipped keyboard around in my book bag when I was doing programming classes, and everyone looked at me funny until I let them try using it, then they wanted to get one of their own

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