Best Keyboard for High WPM

Answer 1

A good text editor is as important as a good keyboard. If I had to use a basic text editor, I would produce code more slowly. Vim makes me quick.

Speaking of keyboards, I'm very happy with my Kinesis Advantage for a non-obvious reason: less wrist pain means I can write more code more quickly. It's also a pretty fast keyboard (at least to my subjective analysis): good key feedback, space/enter/backspace/delete under your thumbs, so your fingers don't have to reach.

Answer 2

For shear typing pleasure, my favorite is either a Das Keyboard or the Unicomp Customizer.

EDIT: I should mention that I always use one of these wrist cushions.

Answer 3

I'm using Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 v 1.0. It's great for typing on all day and my wrists don't hurt like on other keyboards.

I notice I type a lot faster on it than other keyboards.

Answer 4

I'd been using an unbranded (only inscription on it is Pro Terra) with an ergonomic parted in the middle design for the last 10 years. Broke down 4 times, could repair it 3... Shame, it had great size (rather large), keys had good movement, and overall felt comfortable once you got used to it. My advise, look for good ol' keyboards (like the amazing IBM Model M), known for better construction, classic layout (specially if you move arround several computers with high frequency).

What I'm trying to say, older models work better for me, because of their overall "feel". But, like most thing are, it's more a matter of personal taste, than anything else. You'll have to find out by yourself wich one fits better with your hands.

Edit

Ok, so I've bought a MS Natural Keyboard 4000. I'm in love. It works great and shares the same layout that my old unbranded keyboard did. It is surprisingly light, and has a lot of function keys that I rarely use (The exception being the sound volume keys).

Definetly, this is a good and comfortable keyboard, so I have to get on the bandwagon of people recomending it.

Answer 5

I think this is a bit subjective. The best keyboard for you depends on the size and shape of your hands, your "default" posture and the strength of your muscles, your usual typing speed, and what sort of keyboard you grew up with.

For myself, I have a lot of trouble with laptop keyboards (though the tiny eeePC keyboard is several orders of magnitude worse) and I prefer keyboards with more resistance in the keys. I cannot stand the "thin" Apple A1243 keyboards, though I'm confident that YMMV.

In terms of keyboard layout, the positioning of { and } is not great on Dvorak. And typing ls is one of my pet hates. So coding and command prompt are QWERTY zones for me.

Answer 6

Never used one myself.. but an Optimus keyboard might be a good option.

or their new Tactus 'touch screen' keyboard.

they may not be terrific for typing.. but a cool idea.

Answer 7

For fast typing you want to:

1. Touch type (Your fingers are faster than the eye)
2. Reduce movement to a minimum
3. Have good quality keys that are tolerant to stroking from different angles

So ideally you should get a keyboard where all buttons can be touch typed without moving the hands at all. E.g. the Happy Hacking keyboard (if anybody knows of others I'd like to hear about them!)