Many, many years ago we had WebTV and we bought a coverter to make the wireless keyboards wired, just so we wouldn't miss a stroke (course we were sitting across the room).

I have heard from many who just love them. Its one less wire to get tangled up in.

Mice have to move around and having a wireless mouse is easier, more freedom.

Keyboards don't usually move around while you use them. The advantage of having a wireless keyboard is having one less cord to tangle. For many people that right there is enough to justify the price increase.

The drawbacks are the price increase and making sure the signal isn't blocked or intercepted by another device.

I go through at least one keyboard per year(it is closer to two or three), I'm tough on them. I have a laptop. I use a wired keyboard because they are easy to replace.

Some of these new cordless keyboards are really nice and really expensive. They just aren't cost effective for me. It would just be one more item to be extra careful with.

It depends on your situation.

Keytronic makes some great cheapies and they have a couple of cordless models for 29.00 and 39.00 that have PS2 connections.

They also make what might be one of the best keyboards for heavy users. I don't why this particular model isn't more popular:

LT Designer/Designer-P2 (name change)

They've really got the keydstrokes down to the correct pressure. That one is about 60.00. For USB models they have something close but not as great called Classic U-2/Classic U-1. They run about 41.00-44.00. Then they have keyboards priced as low as 10 dollars that I'm sure are better than 40.00 or 50.00 turkey I bought.

I made a huge mistake and bought a Zboard Merc keyboard by Ideazon. This was a bad idea from Ideazon. The mistakes are plentiful because of the weird long skinny shape of the keyboard. Its really hard to hit the right key. Many that bought it have complained about using it for typing.

Get this ... because of its weird shape and a keypad on the far left side, after three months of use... my left arm started hurting. It kept getting worse and it felt like my upper arm was going to pop out of my shoulder. The pain got so bad I couldn't sleep. I have a rotator cuff from using the Merc Board. Its from a weird angle that the left side pad turns outward. I can still barely use my left arm to pick up or hold anything. Unreal.

What is a more important factor that wired or wireless is the keyboard itself. The Merc wan't cheap when it came out. Ideazon is marking it way down now. Therefore price isn't necessarily an indicator of a decent keyboard.

Whether its wired or wireless...make sure the keyboard won't hurt you.

marf

Here is a link that might be useful: Keytronic's Product Line Up

The link I gave above redirected me to a page saying I needed to enable cookies?!

I clicked on the "keep shopping link"...without enabling cookies...and the product page came right on up.

If anyone else who tries the link gets a enable cookies page, try the "keep shopping" link and if that doesn't work post back and I'll post the home page, they probably want you to go in the front door if they are screaming about cookies.

The LT Designer is one of the best kept secrets when it comes to keyboards, it is amazing for typing with the computer. The U-2 classic would be close for USB users like myself. Amazon also sells these keyboards.

marf

I have one and have had it for years now and love
it. Have never had any problems at all with it. My
wireless mouse goes thru several batteries a year.

I have a Microsoft cordless keyboard and mouse. Love them both. I might change the batteries twice a year on the mouse (use a dark plain mousepad) - I have only changed the keyboard batteries once in two years!~

I like my MS keyboard - with all the extra favorite keys. I can start my photo editing, music, messenger, etc. with the touch of one button. Also can pull up the caluclator with a touch also - great for tax time right now!