Why I use a 20-year-old IBM Model M keyboard

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The other day, I posted this image to show off my new MacBook Pro’s multiscreen prowess. Nobody cared. But I did get a few comments on my keyboard. Which got me thinking: why do I use a keyboard that’s old enough to be of legal drinking age?

It must have been about ten years ago that a trip to the computer expo could still result in some cool hardware you’d never heard of or a killer deal on something more conventional. In this case, I found someone selling these enormous, old, second-hand keyboards. I thought it would be cool to have some IBM hardware, so I got one.

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