| Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard, K50-00001 | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 31 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22385
Category: CE
Publisher: Microsoft
Studio: Microsoft
Brand: Microsoft
Label: Microsoft
Media: Electronics
Keyboard: QWERTY
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 10.4 x 2.6
MPN: K50-00001
Model: K50-00001
ASIN: B00006D2LD
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| Features:
| • | Ergonomic design, 1-touch buttons take you directly to your favorite multimedia activities | | • | Enhanced function keys let you open, close, save, and print at the touch of a button | | • | Hot Keys for Messenger, Mail, Internet, and Calculator commands with supplied IntelliType Pro software | | • | Works with most Microsoft MS-DOS and Windows platforms | | • | Same product as model K50-00008 |
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Product Description
Discover the Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard, with one-touch buttons that take you directly to your favorite multimedia activities - navigate music and video clips, surf the Web, start many of the programs you use most, and more. With custom blue accents and a stylish ergonomic design, this keyboard adds dynamic features and vibrant looks to any desktop.Experience a faster way to perform common tasks. Just press a key to open, close, save, and print documents, send and forward e-mails, and more. Switch between standard and enhanced function key commands, giving you more flexibility. Vibrant color and design add personality to your desktop. Split, gently sloped shape encourages a natural hand, wrist, and forearm position for maximum comfort. With the press of a button, you get instant access to Messenger, Mail, Internet, and Calculator commands. Hot keys for My Documents, My Pictures, and My Music put the files you use most within easy reach.
Amazon.com Review
The trend toward adding extra function keys to keyboards to control specific parts of Windows or applications continues with Microsoft's introduction of the Natural MultiMedia keyboard. This device takes the ergonomics of Microsoft's Natural keyboard, with its split keypads, shaped surface, and wrist rest, and adds a variety of useful function keys. Before plugging the Natural MultiMedia keyboard into the PS/2 socket on the back of your PC, it is necessary to install the included IntelliType Pro 2.2 software. It works with Windows 98 and later, though some hot keys require specific versions of applications, such as Internet Explorer. The keyboard is styled in dark blue, cream, and grey, so it fits in well with other Microsoft peripherals. As with earlier versions of the Natural keyboard, the keys accessed by the left hand are separated from those intended for the right by being angled away, with a triangular spacer in the middle, above the Spacebar. The bottom-row keys, like Ctrl, Start, and Alt, are enlarged to make them easier to press, and the Spacebar itself can still be used with either thumb. A new F Lock key, positioned to the right of F12, locks the row of function keys into alternate functions, such as Undo, Close, Send, and Print. This makes working with many applications, including e-mail clients, much quicker. There are a further 17 dedicated, special keys behind the function key row that handle things like music playback, opening the My Documents folder, starting the calculator, and switching the PC to sleep mode. While this keyboard will undoubtedly make most users' lives easier, some "pick-and-peck" typists may have difficulty with the separated keyboard layout. --Simon Williams, Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com Product Description
Take command of your keyboard experience in comfort and style with the comfortable keyboard that fits your digital lifestyle! The Microsoft Natural MultiMedia keyboard features one-touch buttons that take you directly to your favorite multimedia activities--navigate music and video clips, surf the Web, open many of the programs you use most, and more. With the press of a button, hot keys give you instant access to Messenger, Mail, Internet, and Calculator commands. Hot keys for My Documents, My Pictures, and My Music put the files you use most within easy reach. Enhanced F keys let you perform common tasks faster. Just press a key to open, close, save, and print documents, send and forward e-mails, and more. Put your computer into sleep mode (such as suspend, standby, or hibernation) right from your computer desktop, protecting your data and saving energy. (Sleep hot key functionality is available if your system supports power management and it is enabled, and if all peripherals are compatible with power management.) This keyboard features a three-year warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Good keyboard for the money August 15, 2007
I have two of these keyboards, one at work and one at home. The feel of the keys is a bit different than other keyboards, it has a softer feel. The media buttons at the top for volume, play/pause, etc... are quite nice. The F keys by default do things like Undo, New, Open, etc... and can be quite annoying. However, a quick Google search should lead you to a simple registry hack that fixes this problem for you.
The keyboard I have at home has a left shift key that sticks sometimes (and has since the day I bought it) but the one I have at work is perfect.
 only 84 dollars??? lol May 2, 2007
84 dollars for this keyboard is the worst ripoff I have seen all year.
Stay away, gamers. November 16, 2005
The keys are very sticky. Can't stike fast. Very bad typing feeling.
Love, with flaws (and a fix for "F-Lock") September 10, 2005
My family has several computers. Since I got and raved about my Natural Multimedia Keyboard, we all now have matching NMMK's, and everyone thinks they're great.
I can't compare their touch with that of previous NK models, but I've used about every "non-natural" keyboard under the sun, and I find the NMMK comfortable and fast. (I type over 100 wpm, using the Dvorak key layout---and believe me, when a keyboard's a bottleneck, I know.)
My only complaint was MS's goofy "F-Lock" feature that defaults the F-keys to a set of standard commands (Help, Undo, etc.), and makes you press "F-Lock" to return the F-keys to normal---on every boot. I'm sure people have ranted about that here.
What they may NOT have mentioned is that there's a fix for F-Lock, called 2flockflip. It's a little startup file that automatically toggles the F-keys back to normal. You can download it for free from the author's page. (Amazon probably doesn't want me posting URLs here, so just do a Web search for "2flockflip").
Not perfect, but it'll get the job done September 23, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
i spend my entire workday in front of my computer so naturally i needed something more comfortable than the stock keyboard that was given to me by my empolyer. i use a natural pro at home and am very happy with it. the natural multimedia has a similar look, but feels very different. the keystroke is a lot smoother, almost feels spongy. the extra multimedia buttons on the top... i don't use them. oh yeah, and the keyboard is noticibly heavier and takes up more space than a stock keyboard...
there are two main things that really annoy me: the function keys (F1-F12) have been replaced by M$ with shortcuts for things like help, undo, redo, open, close, reply, fwd, send, spell, save, print. you can still use the F-keys, but you have to press the FLock button first. annoying. also, there is an oversized delete button -- it sits where the insert button and a normal sized delete button sit.
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