Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop and Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Desktop are the two new sets consisting of keyboard and mouse proposed by Microsoft, for working comfort, even in the company. In the new, proposal feels the lack of a touchpad.
The companies, you know, I’m really reluctant to spend money for keyboards and mice not first price, for their workforce. In the face of so many good speeches and good intentions when it speaks of the importance of human resources, there are very few production companies then invest that money in buying quality accessories to keep the computer for all their employees.
Microsoft presenting the collection Sculpt proposes a search Kelton who, while not having been conducted on a sample of workers, shows some data that we can feel universal. Only about 3o percent of workers in the sample (more than 5 thousand of various nationalities, including European ones) really think that your employer interests to their health and comfort, and more or less the same percentage bring himself to ask for new equipment between mouse, keyboard and display.
One worker in two is convinced that would work more comfortably even faster than twenty percent would be ready to do even fewer breaks. But the reality documented research speaks of almost 90 percent of human resources that they feel uncomfortable in the office, with 40 percent reporting that suffering neck and shoulders, and one in four workers with pain in the wrists.
Even on the basis of these findings proposes new Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop and Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Desktop, two sets, which include mouse and keyboard designed for Windows 8, but of course also well compatible with earlier versions of Microsoft’s operating systems and wanting can also be used with the Mac.
Proposal Ergonomic, is identified immediately to the keyboard layout is divided into two sectors (including the space bar is broken), a separate numeric keypad, not to leave too much space between his right hand when he writes and contact with the mouse, which features a new dedicated button for easy access to the new Windows Start menu.
What is lacking in the new sets Sculpt.
Both sets are actually very comfortable; work with a special USB wireless dongle to connect with your computer and take advantage of BlueTrack technology that allows their use on any type of surface, both have a soft palm rest. Brief moments of test convinced us also of the goodness of the new Windows blue button. The novelties of this October were all wireless, am a little surprised proposal in the absence of a backlit keyboard.
Moreover, in both models, the characters are printed on the keys to transferred and not integrated in its key such as in some models of other vendors, which ensures 100 percent regardless of the sweating of the hands, and the extended use over time can that the character appears to be less. In both solutions, following the example of the keyboards for laptops, it has shortened the stroke of the key.
This another good idea. Among the new accessories, considering the renewal of the Windows operating system and the observations that in any case in fixed positions in the company are very few touch displays, we would expect to see in the catalog also enter new touchpad with a series of useful gesture, as proposed by time Apple for its systems. Instead, there is still nothing new, leaving the segment to complete the prerogative of the main competitor Logitech.