Posted 06/27/2008 at 09:49:15pm

I bought the Ergo 4000 six months ago, based on your recommendation.  I have an older MS ergo keyboard at work, this one is much better.  Now I am in the market for another one.  Too bad the purchase has been delayed by ridiculous fuel costs...

Posted 04/29/2008 at 09:47:01pm

I rarely if ever offer a microsoft software solution, but for once I do. I scrap any software from portable hard drive programs. I found both Microsoft's Powertoy "Synctoy 2.0beta" and its predecessor v1.4 work fantastic. I have it set up to run periodically on my home computer using the instructions provided in the help file. I dare to say it has been fantastic, for once. Oh, and its free? And, if you already have .NET installed on your computer at work, you can copy the program files folder installed on your home computer, and run it from a thumbdrive on the work computer (without administrator rights). They don't advertise that feature, I just happened to figure it out, as I don't have administrator rights at work. Go figure. I don't know how well it rates on the MaxPC evaluations by Dave Murphy, but what can I say. It works. I have lost my hard drive at home, and didn't lose a beat on any documents lost. I broke my work laptop, and they gave me a new one, and I didn't bother asking them to migrate my files. I had a copy on my portable drive from that morning. Yeah for me! Hopefully your readers can benefit from my experience with a handy MS tool. Yes, I prefer linux, but for once MS got something right.