Preferred Pro USB Kbd Business Black for U.s

by IBM

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 8.5 x 2 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F4106Y
• Item model number: 40K9584
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #55 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Game Hardware > PC Game Hardware > Gaming Keyboards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 10, 2006

Product Description

IBM Preferred Pro Keyboard 40K9584 Keyboards & Keypads

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Increasingly Hard to Find, July 10, 2007

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William Rogers (Newark, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Preferred Pro USB Kbd Business Black for U.s (Personal Computers)

This product is everything I want in a keyboard. It has a standard layout (well, plus the three extra "Windows keys") with none of the nonsensical mucking about seen on recent "ergonomic" keyboard designs. Excellent action, shallow but firm, with relatively little noise. Simple design with (thankfully) removable wrist-rest.

I'm tempted to order two more because it's so hard to find a proper keyboard these days.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Above-average keyboard but not the best key action., May 13, 2008

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Arthur (Mountain View, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Preferred Pro USB Kbd Business Black for U.s (Personal Computers)

Keyboard's not bad. Looks good since it harks back to the days when there weren't all the silly multimedia keys (like volume, internet, etc). The logo also happens to be IBM which was surprising since IBM no longer sells PC's -- so the keyboard looks like the one in the picture.

I deducted one star because the keys are mushier than I'd like. Compared to the standard dell keyboards, this ibm keyboard's keys don't have as much of a snap to them. Additionally the keys are very quiet (as compared to the dell's), which may contribute the the perception of mushiness.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I like everything except the space bar, January 28, 2010

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NSC - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Preferred Pro USB Kbd Business Black for U.s (Personal Computers)

Good, standard design, stylishly understated, and I like the wrist rest. What I don't like is the space bar. I never realized this, but on many modern keyboards, the lowest row of keys is gradually tapered off, so that when your thumb hits the space bar, it's hitting a smooth surface rather than the 90-degree edge of the key. Not so with the IBM Preferred Pro. It's a small thing to complain about, but unfortunately it was a dealbreaker for me.