I must be the odd one here. I like to type on a quiet keyboard. Can't stand the incessant clickety-click while typing. Worked with a guy who had one of those. Needless to say one day it died, and was I ever grateful that he couldn't find anymore like it! Why do you need a noisey KB to type anyway? Is it to make sure that you know you're hitting the key? Why not just look at the monitor when typing instead of your fingers, makes better use of your time. For me, I prefer the newer vintage IBM keyboards.... Gone are the days of being in a noisey computer room that masked the noise of the old keyboards. Shawn