The Microsoft 600, while not wireless, costs only £10 | $15. We have the Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 laying around, and compared to the 900, the 600 typing experience is way better with the same noise-reduction. This all adds up to you having very tired fingers after only around an hour of typing.
Plus when the springy-ness of the keys is combined with the central flex, it feels like typing on a trampoline. It’s like playing whack-a-mole with the keys just to get them to press down. The ‘quiet-touch’ key technology of the Wireless 900 Desktop keyboard might please some, but I am not a fan. Let’s just say you’ll be looking on Amazon for a replacement soon.Īll of the above comments could be smoothed over somewhat if this was a £20 ($30 ) keyboard set, but with Microsoft asking closer to the £50 mark, it’s just not good value for money. From a distance, … it don’t look too bad! …Īnd don’t even get me started on the Microsoft 900 Desktop Mouse. On a plus note, the dark design is inoffensiveness hides greasy fingerprints well. Each letter has a visible sticker surround with a low-quality letter printed onto the plastic key caps. Look a little closer, and the budget-ness continues into the key letter printing. And while durable it isn’t exactly desirable. It’s that slightly rough plastic you find on budget products.
The first big tell that this keyboard isn’t in the same league as the Modern, Surface or Designer Keyboard, is the cheap plastic used throughout. Although, this is accentuated by the bounciness of the keys especially when typing near the unsupported centre. The keyboard feels solid-ish but with a small amount of central flex. I’ll go into more detail on the layout and what it’s like to type on the 900 later, but for now, let’s talk Design & Build Quality. These two keyboards are worlds apart! The 900 is very much a budget keyboard with a cheeky mid-range price tag. Packaged very similarly to the Microsoft Designer Keyboard, I wrongly got my hopes up. While the marketing pictures online portray the Microsoft Wireless 900 Desktop Set as a sleek minimalist option, it’s only after unboxing that reality hits you hard in the face.