Ok, now I know what I'd need to do to finally switch to hjkl (for arrows) when using Vim, I'd just need to buy a keyboard like yours ;)
Joking aside, a keyboard is a very personal thing and picking the right one depends on many factors, from the shape and size of your hands and fingers to your chair and desk setup, to your OS and programs you use. For most people, it probably doesn't matter that much, but for people who use keyboards for work, it's IMHO worth it to take your time and choose a keyboard that is precisely right.
As an example, I was perfectly happy with a standard desktop keyboard when I used Vim, even though Esc is rather far from home row (but it's easy to find by touch). Once I switched to Emacs, with its famous dependence on pressing and holding (as opposed to just hitting Esc in Vim) Ctrl and Alt, I almost immediately started getting RSI in my left hand. I quickly noticed that it happens only on the full-sized keyboard, not on (most) laptop keyboard. I considered switching away from Emacs, but, as with many cults, you can only leave in a body bag, so I had to find another way of dealing with it.
After a lot of research, I found that Logitech K340[1] is the keyboard for me. As you can see, the Ctrl key is where it should be (in the bottom left corner - sometimes there's a Fn key there), is bigger than usual and much closer to the home row than in full-sized keyboards. This eliminated pain in my hand almost entirely. Full-size Enter key and Backspace (their shrunk versions are evil), quite workable placement of function keys above the numpad, the Fn key placed where it doesn't bother me, and arrow keys which are easily found by touch are all essential features, which match my workflow very well. The only key which is not as accessible as I'd like is Insert (the top one), but I don't use it very often.
I'm sure there are tons of people who would find that keyboard unworkable for their workflows, though. I guess what I want to say is that if something works for you, then you should just use that. Still, you should make sure it actually works, because a wrist pain a year down the road is not a pleasant thing.
Already done, of course. It was easy, as I had it remapped to Esc before anyway :) But using CapsLock as Ctrl makes it harder to press Ctrl-a and Ctrl-x, which are kind of essential.
Anyway, CapsLock is got to be the least useful key on a keyboard. It occupies a place on the home row, suggesting it should be as often used as Enter is... while it's decidedly not. I have no idea why it persists, it was useful on a typewriter, where you needed to apply significant force to press a key and doing so to two keys at once (Shift+letter) could have been hard, but today?
Joking aside, a keyboard is a very personal thing and picking the right one depends on many factors, from the shape and size of your hands and fingers to your chair and desk setup, to your OS and programs you use. For most people, it probably doesn't matter that much, but for people who use keyboards for work, it's IMHO worth it to take your time and choose a keyboard that is precisely right.
As an example, I was perfectly happy with a standard desktop keyboard when I used Vim, even though Esc is rather far from home row (but it's easy to find by touch). Once I switched to Emacs, with its famous dependence on pressing and holding (as opposed to just hitting Esc in Vim) Ctrl and Alt, I almost immediately started getting RSI in my left hand. I quickly noticed that it happens only on the full-sized keyboard, not on (most) laptop keyboard. I considered switching away from Emacs, but, as with many cults, you can only leave in a body bag, so I had to find another way of dealing with it.
After a lot of research, I found that Logitech K340[1] is the keyboard for me. As you can see, the Ctrl key is where it should be (in the bottom left corner - sometimes there's a Fn key there), is bigger than usual and much closer to the home row than in full-sized keyboards. This eliminated pain in my hand almost entirely. Full-size Enter key and Backspace (their shrunk versions are evil), quite workable placement of function keys above the numpad, the Fn key placed where it doesn't bother me, and arrow keys which are easily found by touch are all essential features, which match my workflow very well. The only key which is not as accessible as I'd like is Insert (the top one), but I don't use it very often.
I'm sure there are tons of people who would find that keyboard unworkable for their workflows, though. I guess what I want to say is that if something works for you, then you should just use that. Still, you should make sure it actually works, because a wrist pain a year down the road is not a pleasant thing.
[1] https://purplezest.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/121.jpg