Inside the World's Greatest Keyboard

From the satisfying click of its keys to its no-nonsense layout and solid steel underpinnings, IBM's 24-year-old Model M is the standard by which all other keyboards must be judged.

Benj Edwards, PC World

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The Model M provides two sturdy, retractable feet on the base of the unit to change the operational angle of the keyboard. The speaker grille you see here is a holdover from an earlier terminal keyboard mold that was used with the Model M--the M contains no speaker.