Sun Type 7 US/PC Style USB Keyboard Kit X3731A USB Keyboard and USB 3-Button Optical Mouse w/ Scroll Wheel

Garbage. Keyboard did not work. Every third key inoperative. Coffee stains all over keyboard. Complete garbage.DO NOT BUy from this vendor. 0 stars.

I absolutely love this keyboard. I write code on a daily basis. It is quiet and solid. I used a Sun type 6 keyboard many years ago and loved that. Then last year I was given a Dell keyboard at work and some keys started to stop working recently. So I got this Sun type 7 keyboard from Amazon. What a difference. I totally love typing on it. I tried many other keyboard and typing on a Sun keyboard (type 6/7) is unique and you probably won't find it in any other keyboard. I would recommend getting a wrist rest when using this keyboard.

The feeling of the keys is unlike any other keyboard I've used. The keys are soft but not mushy. Very pleasant to type on. I love the extra function keys on the left (easily customisable using AutoKey in Linux) and the retro Unix aesthetic. It's a shame Oracle took over Sun - nobody else makes keyboards like this.

As I write this the only other reviewer hates the feel and I love it. So be aware that is a personal preference, probably having more to do with what you're used to.My previous Sun keyboard started acting up after something like 10 years. It was a Type 6 and the 7 is a bit different. The Caps Lock and Control key are switched to the more common PC keyboard, a minus for me as I use control a lot and Caps Lock maybe once a month.I like the feel, the key spacing and the added keys, although I use the left (Solaris) keypad very seldom. They are easily mapable but I don't use them enough to make it natural.I tried a cheaper lighted keyboard ( Black LED Lighted Keyboard W-9868BK USB ) but without the separate navigation keypads (pg up, pg dn, arrow ...) I was back in hunt-and-peck rather than touch typing mode way too often.Bottom line: It's a great keyboard but it's different than the $10 keyboards that come with most PCs. The best keyboard is the one you're used to.

I bought it because it had a lot of buttons, and it's basically unusable because of the cheap rubber dome switches. I've never felt such mushy, awful switches in my life. They depressed me more than I depressed them. This keyboard made me want to quit my job.

Truly, both the Sun type 5, and both the Sun+Oracle type 7 keyboard's are the best ever produced.