Dygma is probably a good place to look. They're slightly "weirder" than your microsoft board, but still fairly close to a traditional layout. They're also a bit smaller, but configurability of the keymap completely compensates for that imho. But being actually split, with some extra thumb keys, is a good step up in ergonomics from the microsoft I think.
Wimads
joined 1 year ago
This was an issue for me only the first few weeks transitioning to an ortho layout. The bigger problem will start when you start experimenting with different layouts (non-qwerty). But as long as you keep the alphas in the same positions, you will adjust just fine within a few weeks.
I modeled this based on publicly available 2D drawings of choc switch and MBK keycaps. (only the tab with 1u keycap is accurate, the other sizes are just extrapolated from 1u). https://cad.onshape.com/documents/de7f3deb0f607e27e1e3b0a5/w/a5d7d9590f3d54af6134a42c/e/13311f5788e147dc81e0db27?renderMode=0&uiState=64a150bde27a2f1cb2146061