"Lightning fast shipping and an awesome product, got two keyboards - one for home and one for the office. My hands don't hurt all the time anymore and my GWAM is through the roof. Thanks again."

"It's easy to see and feel that the Das Keyboard is of very high quality as soon as it comes out of the box. It's relatively heavy and seems very sturdy. The glossy black plastic finish looks great with the rest of my computer equipment. However, it has a rather delicate finish and starts to smudge and show fingerprints right away. It also scratches very easily with even the slightest bit of pressure, so take great care when wiping it down.

It uses German-engineered gold-plated mechanical key switches that provide good tactile and audio feedback and you don't have to push very hard on the keys to type, but it's very easy to tell when the key press has fully committed.

All keys, including the F-keys across the top are full-sized and easily accessed. I do understand how the blank keys version of this keyboard (Ultimate version) might be appealing to some, but I'm glad that I've chosen the Professional version for myself. I am a touch typist but do occasionally look at the keyboard for seldom used keys and don't care for the hassle of trying to figure out where certain keys are. Other than the missing lettering and numbering, the two keyboards are identical in construction.

This keyboard is heavy enough that it doesn't slide around at all on the desktop due to heavy typing. It comes with four wide (and thick) rubber pads on the bottom of keyboard that also help to keep it from sliding on the desktop. It also comes with a couple of feet that can be extended to raise the back of the keyboard a bit, but I don't use them.

There are two USB 2.0 ports on the right side of the keyboard for plugging in cameras, flash drives, and other USB devices. No special multimedia or internet hotkeys come with this keyboard.

One odd quirk that I've noticed is that the number lock light stays on after booting into Linux, although the number keys don't work if I should try to use them. I can press the number lock key and the light goes off. Pressing it again makes the light come back on and the numbers work, but I never use them anyway.

This keyboard was designed in Austin Texas but manufactured in Taiwan.

The Das Keyboard is USB powered and no additional drivers are required to use it. The USB power cord is longer than most keyboard cords coming in at around 6.5 feet. The keyboard comes with a 3"x4" polishing cloth and a small two-paragraph insert with brief instructions for plugging it in to the USB port.

So far, I'm thinking this might be my favorite keyboard overall, but seeing as how people like different things in their personal keyboard, each person would have to decide for him/herself if it's really worth the hefty price tag. I think that it might be for me if I can get at least 10 years of good service from it.

This keyboard was ordered late one evening directly from the Das Keyboard Store, and I received it seven days later. Customer service was very courteous and helpful on the phone. Don't expect any order processing or shipping information from the Das Keyboard folks because they don't provide any. You only receive an email from the Yahoo Order Store indicating that the order has been placed. Processing and shipping took longer than expected considering that the Das Keyboard Store itself is only about 100 miles from my place of residence. They did, however, provide very nice professional packaging, and the order was double-boxed."