Any decent keyboard without numeric pad?

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Full-size keyboards can be cumbersome on small desks, leading some users to seek smaller alternatives. However, many compact keyboards lack the key depth and feel of standard keyboards, resulting in typing difficulties and increased errors. Recommendations for decent small-size keyboards include models that maintain standard key depth while being more compact. The Kinesis Classic QD and the IBM Model M Spacesaver are noted for their quality, though they may require an adjustment period. Various keyboard designs, such as those from BTC, offer low-profile options that are quiet and comfortable for typing. Custom keyboard creation is also suggested as a viable solution for those looking for a personalized typing experience.
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Full-size keyboards take too much space when you're on a small desk. But a minimal keyboard that I got turned out to be cap, I ended up making more typos and was unable to type fast.

So does anyone know of a decent small-size keyboard? With standard-depth, decent keys like those of a normal keyboard, that too many of those mini keyboards are missing?
 
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I use one very similair to this (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=W9828-BLK&cat=KYB ) it still has the windows hot key but is about the size of a laptop keyboard.
I bought it for a crowded server room but it's great on a desk.
 
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Thanks.

Does yours feel like a normal keyboard, mgb_phys?
 
The one I use is the Kinesis Classic QD, now replaced by the Kinesis Advantage. Highly recommended, but unusual and takes some getting use to. You can find lightly used ones on eBay:
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/kinesis.html

IBM made one called the Model M spacesaver. I am looking for one right now for my partner. They seem to be highly valued and highly scarce.

I have written an essay on various unusual keyboards at
http://mindprod.com/bgloss/dsk.html

I have written an essay on keyboards in general and sources at
http://mindprod.com/bgloss/keyboard.html
 
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