Oh I loved my Model-M Space Saver, collected quite a few of them. Co-workers did sometimes comment/complain but not that often. I also had this habit of moving my cursor keys up/down/left/right in rapid/slow movements while I was thinking deeply on a problem. Combined with how loud and that it clicks on each downpress and clacks on release was quite the cacophony.
Mechanical keyboards are like fidget spinners in a way, they satisfy a craving for tactile/auditory feedback that some of us need. I was never bit by fidget spinners but I do have some keyboard habits like the one you described above.
I tried to find that childhood happiness with a PCKeyboard model M, but they just aren’t as good as the originals. Had to go back to my other mechanical keyboards.
Am I remembering right that there was even a SpaceSaver Model-M with integrated TrackPoint? Might be confusing it with a full-sized or ThinkPad-style separate keyboard.
