Microsoft Sculpted Natural keyboard Impression, part 3

The Sculpted Natural Keyboard is the spiritual successor of the popular ergonomic Natural Keyboard line.  Microsoft has scored a homerun when the first iteration was introduced back in 90s.  Now, after so many revisions, different interfaces, layout experiment, we are now here at this juncture.  Even though this is not a mechanical keyboard, I am a fan of the Natural Keyboard family line, I can’t stay away and not trying it out.

Love them or hate them, this keyboard sports the ever present Chiclet style key caps with a scissor switch mechanism.  Therefore, one can easily guess its personality just by knowing this bit of data.  However, the wrinkle in this game is that Microsoft has reshaped the keyboard plane in the image Natural Keyboard.  It features the split hands partition, the tenting, the curvature and a built-in palm rest.  It really is a new interpretation of the Natural Keyboard line and no one will question its heritage.  As a nod to the TKL (ten keyless) design, the number pad is now a separate entity.  One could easily mistaken the pad as a calculator, however.  Therefore the user can now center the keyboard without having to worry about being off center.  Oh, one more thing, did I mention that this is an all wireless setup?  Microsoft has emulated Logitech’s clever nano-receiver design and incorporated it into the product.

Upon first impression and after using it for a while, this is still a chiclet keyboard, albeit a quality one.  So, I think if someone likes Chiclet style keyboards, one should seriously consider this one especially if he or she is looking for an ergonomic type.  Anyway, I want to like the keyboard, but I am getting some wireless transmission type issue when I am using the keyboard in a desktop environment, but no so in a laptop setup.  So, I will investigate further and will keep you posted.