I had an ergonomic keyboard already in the 90s, and I have eventually thrown out the window because I could not stand. My last keyboard in the office was an old Cherry keyboard, I had about 20 years in use (which was just still quality). I could write incredibly fast and effective care and I loved this keyboard. Then I was last year suddenly afflicted by RSI (pain in the wrists and elbows), and dawned on me that I had seen in the long term bring about a change to the keyboard and mouse. For a "split" ergonomic keyboard I fought tooth and nail, but after several months painful typing on my old Cherry keyboard I had to willy-nilly part with it, and I decided then but for the split Microsoft keyboard. Apart from the fact that the size and arrangement of some keys such as DELETE and INSERT is different than on a normal QWERTY keyboard, I've got used to it fairly quickly, and my wrists have thanked me immediately. Although I can no longer write as fast as on my old keyboard, but my arms there is a noticeable relief, which I never expected. As for the mouse I was also very skeptical. I had a few months earlier tried a few vertical mice and am not coped. That's why I put no great hopes in the included Microsoft Mouse, but to my surprise I get the mouse also along very well. Although the Click is still taxing on the wrist, but somehow better than with a standard mouse. Although the Microsoft Mouse looks pretty clunky and cumbersome, I do not want to give it. Within a short time I have also privately purchased an ergonomic Microsoft keyboard with mouse, despite the high price, and despite the fact that I had only a few months ago bought a new super-slim and super quiet Cherry keyboard. This I had to reluctantly ship in the basement. But I'm glad that I'm also switched at home on the split keyboard, though I can no longer write so well with it as with the standard keyboards. I mistype unusually often and always catch the wrong keys, which I very rarely happens to the old keyboard (sometimes I feel like a beginner when it comes to typing). Of course I would love to return to my former keyboards, since I was able to write with them extremely effective, but I'm afraid those days are over for now, since my body goes on strike and has become noticeable with permanent underarm pain. It is just old! Even at the risk of repeating myself, because I have already written the following in a few other reviews: Who got while working with keyboard & mouse problems and pain in the wrists or elbows, which should necessarily the two books " RSI, mouse arm, tennis elbow "of Clemens Conrad and" It's not carpal tunnel syndrome! " by Suparna Damany read, to learn precisely about their own disease. I would have been glad if I had these books at the beginning of my illness, since I thus some detours and dead ends would have been spared. Do not take your forearm complaints lightly and get smart about the cause of your pain before it becomes chronic. The RSI is not to be trifled with! With tennis elbow and carpal tunnel inflammation not also.