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  Did you find it challenging retraining your motor memory for the layout? Those little boards are beauties, but I'm so used to the full iso layout, anything else throws me off.
context: Is that a Unicomp? 
  Nice touch with the blacked out keys. >
  
  Thanks! Yeah, it's a 'Comp. I've owned IBMs in the past (including a model F) and don't think the difference is all that big. >
  
  A model M is a model M. 
  I've scored a super nice one in the past and took great pains to restore it to as-new condition. When I had it all nice and ready, I took it to the office to become my daily driver. Three weeks in I gave up. I do not  like the Model M. 
  I sold it with a huge profit, though. >
  
  These things are, of course, all preference, and you obviously gave it a fair go. That said, what was it you didn't like about it? Too loud? Too much force to actuate? >
  
  Yes, mainly the tactility of the keypresses - the moment when the spring buckles - and the high force. 
  I did not mind the sound that much, but I prefer either smooth keys or ones that have a smoother tactility to them. My current daily driver in the office runs holy pandas. >
  
  Yeah I can see why the M wasn't for you then. It's the clunky, grittiness which I like. That's the joy of having all of these mech types though: there's something for everyone! >
  
  I like the oldschool vibe of the M, though.
  In my office I use a Preonic that is decked with vintage doubleshot pbt cherry keycaps. People mostly think it is a keyboard from a really old terminal system, so the oldschool vibe seems to be there...