It also helps that the keys have a soft finish, along with some crisp backlighting (there's a light underneath each key, similar to HP's Radiance setup).

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Critics often acknowledge that view, but they also warn the setup insulates management in a way that could hurt shareholders at key moments like takeovers, when executives' interests and investors' interests may not be perfectly aligned.

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If Democrats can make the case that Tripp helped engineer the key obstruction-of-justice charge now leveled against the President--that the job hunt was a setup devised by her--it goes to the heart of the case against Clinton.

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If you know your keyboard setup, select it in the list, otherwise you'll be fine with the default 105-key option.

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