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My Mechanical Keyboard

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Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by sosborn »

desireco42 wrote: post #5

I don't know how to tell this, but I had this realization immediately. I didn't understand why everyone is praising almost gummy keyboard, where mechanical is the sh*t. Anyhow, those gummy ones are not without it's qualities, but I totally get what you are saying. I for example stopped buying ipads when they switched from wide connector to small one. Just didn't feel like having another set of connectors and stands.…

> aftermarket cables will not charge ipads

That's not true. http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=112&cp_id=11213&cs_id=...

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by godd2 »

desireco42 wrote: post #8

OK, one more thing, (I am typing this on blue switches mechanical keyboard). I broke previous one, well 'O' stopped working (vim). Anyhow, mechanical keyboard doesn't mean you have to break the budget, I am quite happy with this one I paid $37: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DBJTZU2/

> I broke previous one, well 'O' stopped working (vim).

If it was just the mechanical switch, you can always desolder out the old one and solder in a new one.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#13

Post by nitrogen »

rdtsc wrote: post #10

I think people always are easily obsessed and get attached to things they touch. Those things becomes extensions of themselves. I am that way about my smart phone, keyboard and headphones. I could replace the monitor tomorrow without thinking twice about it. Get a new hard drive, new router, even a new a new laptop because I don't touch but use an external keyboard. But, as soon as my IBM Model M keyboard stopped wor…

I regret getting rid of two Model M's several years ago because I didn't know about the bolt mod. It's not irrational to spend a lot of time maintaining a tool that helps you make money. I'll hold on to my current M forever, if it'll last.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by keyle »

I have about 5 mechanical keyboards (WASD, Duckys, DAS, ...) and yet if I want to type fast, I use an apple keyboard. The short travel distance of those keys really work for me.

I've been waiting for switches that are somewhere in between, mechanical but thin travel. I've looked at some really esoteric and rare keyboards as well but I wouldn't fork $220 for a keyboard...

Anyways I totally understand his view though. I can't believe the latest keyboards on the macbooks. I couldn't stand them for 10 mins at the apple store trying to surf. My 2008 Mac book pro keyboard was the best thing on earth. I found it better than my older thinkpad (I know, hot topic).

And I bloody hope that they don't mess up the external keyboard in that fashion, or I will go out and buy 10 and stash them for the future. That's the only down side of the apple keyboard, they last a year at most, after which the switches get mushy.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by spc476 »

ronnier wrote: post #9

It's really annoying having to sit at work and listen to mechanical keyboards all day. I would not inflict that on my coworkers.

I haven't had any complaints from my fellow coworkers in the past six years I've been working at The Company (I brought in a True-Blue IBM Modem M keyboard to work (six years ago, still using the same one)---I have about half a dozen in storage just in case). Sturdy construction and they keep on working.

More important---no Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by zevv »

ggreer wrote: post #6

> This keyboard makes real noise — more of a clacking than a typing sound but satisfying just the same — and I had forgotten how much I love the noise. I hope the author realizes that others might not appreciate the sound. I find it very hard to do work when someone else in an office is typing on a buckling spring keyboard.

Yeah, that is why this exists: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by perryh2 »

rdtsc wrote: post #10

I think people always are easily obsessed and get attached to things they touch. Those things becomes extensions of themselves. I am that way about my smart phone, keyboard and headphones. I could replace the monitor tomorrow without thinking twice about it. Get a new hard drive, new router, even a new a new laptop because I don't touch but use an external keyboard. But, as soon as my IBM Model M keyboard stopped wor…

Check out Unicomp keyboards: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/UKBD

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by hueving »

nitrogen wrote: post #13
rdtsc wrote: post #10

I think people always are easily obsessed and get attached to things they touch. Those things becomes extensions of themselves. I am that way about my smart phone, keyboard and headphones. I could replace the monitor tomorrow without thinking twice about it. Get a new hard drive, new router, even a new a new laptop because I don't touch but use an external keyboard. But, as soon as my IBM Model M keyboard stopped wor…

I regret getting rid of two Model M's several years ago because I didn't know about the bolt mod. It's not irrational to spend a lot of time maintaining a tool that helps you make money. I'll hold on to my current M forever, if it'll last.

It does cross into irrational territory though when you can make money with an equivalent tool.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by Bromlife »

matt4077 wrote: post #4

I get the obsession this guy has with keyboards. It may be a pretentious luxury problem, but if we didn't have those, we'd have a problem... But I don't get the 5000-word Apple-rant of an introduction. It's not that he's found a notebook with an excellent mechanical keyboard – it's just an external one. Now if you need a keyboard that probably costs 200$, and is actually thicker than most notebooks of any kind, and y…

Yeah, but the fact that the new Macbook Pros use the same terrible keyboard as the Macbook, means that this guy is not going to buy one for his next computer.

> Keyboard enthusiasts should be singing Apple's praises right now.

Are you serious? These keyboards are TERRIBLE. What exactly have they put on the agenda? How to replace pretty good laptop keyboards with crappy ones?

Huge misfire by Apple. Jony Ive will run that company into the ground in a nice, thin, aluminium coffin.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by Bromlife »

comex wrote: post #2

It's a bit odd to compare the MacBook Pro's keyboard to a mechanical keyboard. I mean, mechanical keyboards are great, but laptops with mechanical keyboards are almost nonexistent due to the extreme bulk required. Sure, there are many laptops with far more key travel than Apple's latest offerings, but it's not fair to hold them up to that standard...

He's not. The author is comparing the new MBP keyboard to the old one. The fact that he finds these keyboards so terrible meant that he realised how much he'd love a mechanical keyboard.

It also means that he won't be buying a new Macbook Pro.

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