New Keyboard and Mouse
I am really really particular about my work setup. As far as keyboards go they have to be square with the normal arrow keys and the normal (old style) insert and page key group. Also the keys have to have a snappiness to them. No mush for me.
The best part about my taste in keyboards is that those style of keyboards are usually the cheapest ones you can find. Huzzah!
The first thing I do when I get a keyboard is to remove the Caps-lock and left Windows key. Why you ask? Cause both of those are a terrible nuisance if you hit them while working in Maya. And really the Caps-lock key is stupid anyway. Who needs to have caps all the time? I MEAN C’MON! Since the majority of the Maya hotkeys I use are situated right around those two it makes sense to axe em.
Mice are an even bigger task for me to find. I hate all the weird shapes and spheres and whatever wacky shit people do to make their mice different or ergonomic. The original Microsoft Intellimouse is the best thing ever in my option. The newer ones are OK but somewhere along the line some flimsiness was introduced into the buttons… yuck! Also no stupid ass tilting scroll wheel. And the scroll wheel must, I repeat, must have a good tactile click when you roll it. no mushy shit allowed here either.