$480 Mechanical keyboard!
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- detritus0
I'm a PC and I've been through old MS keyboards, expensive gaming keyboards, old mechanical ones.. but for the last 5 or so years I've been a MacKeyboard fanboy.
Super clean to type on, super low desktop footprint, easy to clean and Just Fucking Tidy.
I've spilt cider one one and busted it, bought another, then plastic-solvent which melted another one, so I'm on my third here now.
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Are there any mac-like competitors out there even?
- set0
Apple keyboard is the best I've used. Everything else feels like I have to push the keys about 3ft down.
- < short fingers detectedgeorgesIII
- Lolset
- Walked into that oneset
- sem0
- zarkonite0
@raf: read up, http://blog.controlspace.org/201…
- raf0
"3 keys at a time" — no, really, what is that about?
I use 4-key shortcuts all the time on the Apple keyboard, am I doing something wrong?
- frozendeadgumby0
there used to be a guy named Mechanical Bull on Newstoday.. thought this was a thread honoring him..
but this thread is waaay cooler!!!
:)
- zarkonite0
The dome keyboards, like the apple shown up there, have much longer travel than a mechanical keyboard, the keys are giggly and you can only input 3 keys at a time. I agree they have some visual appeal but from a usability perspective it's inferior.
- uuuuuu0
^ hipster cool factor is weak though
- err0
I ordered a WASD code keyboard with clear switches (supposedly made for typing)
I didn't like it at all, it keyboard was solid and nice but the key press was chinsy and high-picthed. I also thought the keypress travel was too deep. It reminded me of a cheap PC from the 90's. I had an apple extended ii keyboard and it felt alot better than this.
Now I'm looking into the poker ii and other key switches like mx Browns with o-rings, or Topre and Matias brands. Apparently the Matias is similar to the apple extended keyboard. More of a thud than a click.
This is a very niche hobby and its totally stupid. I don't know why im obsessing over this. Oh yeah its because of images like this:
Its images like these that make me hunt for the
- Mm I'm with you on the long travel on a lot of these keyboards. Lots to be said for flat Apple keyboards.detritus
- GeorgesII0
godammt,
2015,
not understanding the superiority of the mech keyboard,wtf
- prophetone0
Poker II
- zarkonite0
Mechanical keyboards are the best. I've got a razor black widow, http://www.razerzone.com/ca-en/s…
I hate every second I have to type on a weak ass dome-switch apple keyboard.