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Computer advice needed from ye knowledgeable ones.

I have no end of troubles with cordless mouses. I've got a J. Burrows which seems 'jittery' and unreliable. Before that I had a Verbatim which keeps on going to sleep (energy saver?) which is a pain in the clackerola. The Microsoft cordless, curved keyboard is a ripper but getting old, and the mouse that came with it, karked it. Time to get another cordless keyboard/mouse combo so only one USB port is used. As I do a heap of typing, and can touch-type at a pretty fair speed (RAN trained) I need a quality 'soft keys' keyboard.

Any suggestions?

The higher end Microsoft stuff is pretty good, hard to beat for performance and value. At work they supply these and most people are happy with them, the mouse batteries last ages and ages. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/offi...-mswdtcomb

If you are a typing officionado get a Cherry MX switch mechanical keyboard, you can custom order a Cherry built keyboard with switches that you prefer. There is something very calming about that older clickity clack positive click sound, and you won't get RSI. But they generally won't come in a mouse combo, you have to buy a separate BT/Wifi mouse.

A mates raves about his Rapoo wireless combo, and one model comes with a wireless mouse charging cradle so there is never any battery issues. It's quite heavy and has a glass face, but he says the weight makes it a pleasure to use.

Have a look at what you can get from Scorptec, https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/keyboards

Check out reviews and guides over on the Wirecutter. keep in mind some brand names are different here compared to the USA.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/search/?s=keyboard

Tough task to buy a good keyboard especially if you are shopping online, you really need to know what you are looking for.

The crazy gaming people have this subject covered, they customise keyboards like a golfer tailoring clubs.

If you want to know about mechanical keyboard switches, read here, https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.ph...-switches/

When you say soft, you are probably looking for something like Cherry MX Brown. Some of the more expensive mechanical keyboards let you pop off the buttons and change the switches to whatever you like. The guys that code a lot at work even have setups with different switches installed in different keyboard locations. It lets them rest their fingers/hands on the keyboard without ghost pressing, again no RSI issues.

The Cherry website even lets you hear the sounds of the switches.
https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-brown.html