I would have thought they would have learned to do RF by now, but apparently I was wrong. This is by far the most comfortable keyboard I' ve ever owned.Why the dongle in the front? Because like the other wireless Microsoft wireless keyboard I owned years ago, it has a range of about 2 feet. If you are one of those to start with, and If you don' t mind plugging a wireless keyboard dongle into the front of your computer and you like mushy keys, well then go out and buy this keyboard (and mouse, which is a whole other issue). Ergonomic keyboards, especially the angled, split layout kind, appeal only to a certain subset of users.