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Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by [deleted] »

Lio wrote: post #89
mojuba wrote: post #74

It seems to me, the latest wave of disappointed Apple fans who declare their break up is a sign of something interesting. It means you picked up Apple in the 2000s, but you can't keep up anymore. It might just be that Apple is moving forward, you are not. Just as a hypothesis. Time will show.

Maybe that's true. In the '00s it felt like Apple was designing hardware just for people, like me, for whom Unix was important. Now it feels, to me, that Apple has moved to prioritising a new niche. That new niche is people for whom social media is a top priority, hence the focus on emojis as a headline feature of macOS and now the MacBook Pro. Maybe I'm just angry because I'm in an aging demographic and Apple is jus…

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Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#92

Post by cm3 »

saundby wrote: post #88
cm3 wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IBM used to make tenkeyless Model M's, wish Unicomp would offer the same since I'm very used to having the mouse closer to my hands. Then I could give a Model M a serious try, having used Cherry MXes for two decades, with the occasional one day excursion on a Sun or HP workstation keyboard.

I got the Unicomp with the trackstick mouse for quick mouse actions, then I reach over for the real mouse for longer uses of it, but I'm with you on wishing for a tenkeyless. Toshiba and Lenovo sold me on the mouse stick in the 90s, so it still feels natural for some things & my hand doesn't have to travel far, but nothing beats a real mouse.

I tried and failed to get comfortable with thinkpad trackpoints, so if it's anything like that, I'm afraid it will just sit there unused.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#93

Post by thght »

I am 100% sure My macbook pro keyboard is really damaging my fingers/joints. I stopped coding all day on my macbook because my hands really started to hurt very badly, suffering some sort of RSI.

Then I decided to start coding on my Cooler Master mechanical keyboard to see wether that would give some relieve. Within 2 weeks the pain was completely gone! I now only use my mac keyboard for short messages like this.

I think it's really sad when aesthetics rule over ergonomics, and with the new mac books it only seems to get worse.. Especially the escape key on the oled bar, what idiot made that decision?

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#94

Post by kimshibal »

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.

we only allow linear switches(clear,red,black) at our office.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#95

Post by Void_ »

This is some amazing writing. I couldn't care less about what kind of keyboard I use, but I kept reading and reading because this was just so easy to read.

Can anybody explain why what made this such a good read? Or point me in a direction where I can improve my own writing?

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#96

Post by rerx »

noir_lord wrote: post #76
renke1 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My favorite keyboard is an external Thinkpad keyboard [1]. I can't live without a TrackPoint because I never have to leave the home row with it! [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3U4TQS/

I keep looking at those and thinking about getting one, do they really feel like the old Thinkpad keyboards in use?

I have got the same Thinkpad USB keyboard and I love it. I think it is very close to the keyboard of the X230 generation of laptops. While the layout has some flaws, I actually prefer typing on this compared to the "classic" pre-cliclet keyboard built into my X220 laptop. It has a very nice tactile response and my fingers find the right keys very easily. So it's "clicky" and "precise". The trackpoint is very useful, compared to the older model of my X220 it is much easier to comfortably travel long distances on a big screen. Only the trackpoint buttons are a bit too mushy for my liking.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#97

Post by 21 »

Void_ wrote: post #95

This is some amazing writing. I couldn't care less about what kind of keyboard I use, but I kept reading and reading because this was just so easy to read. Can anybody explain why what made this such a good read? Or point me in a direction where I can improve my own writing?

Maybe the fact that he has written "4 books and 10 million bloggy words" helped?

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#98

Post by mojuba »

Lio wrote: post #89
mojuba wrote: post #74

It seems to me, the latest wave of disappointed Apple fans who declare their break up is a sign of something interesting. It means you picked up Apple in the 2000s, but you can't keep up anymore. It might just be that Apple is moving forward, you are not. Just as a hypothesis. Time will show.

Maybe that's true. In the '00s it felt like Apple was designing hardware just for people, like me, for whom Unix was important. Now it feels, to me, that Apple has moved to prioritising a new niche. That new niche is people for whom social media is a top priority, hence the focus on emojis as a headline feature of macOS and now the MacBook Pro. Maybe I'm just angry because I'm in an aging demographic and Apple is jus…

To be fair though, emojis are not central in their marketing messages. People like you and me can view it as a passing gimmick. Remember Ping? The belly-up mouse? We can forgive a few flops, right?

Or how do we know emojis are not the new language of some sort?

There is still a lot of good stuff going on. Logic Pro X now includes Alchemy (acquired by Apple recently) and to many music producers this is huge. The fingerprint scanner on laptops is also huge I think. "Huge" is on a relative scale of course. And most importantly, the macOS is still UNIX we know and love, with added security and a seriously good GUI.

What is the problem then?

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

#99

Post by GunboatDiplomat »

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.

Be glad you don't work in my office, then. We've got 2 Model Ms and about a dozen cherry MX blue keyboards rattling around. Pure bliss.

Re: My Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by bballer »

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 use a Leopold FC750R with brown mx cherry switches[0] at work. It uses a sound dampening pad and is no louder than a regular membrane keyboard. My coworkers were hesitant about me using a mech at the office when I first got hired but now have no complaints after realizing not all switches and keyboards sound like a type writer. Btw I absolutely love that keyboard and Leopolds in general, I have 3 of them... Bottom line is some mech keyboards are extremely loud, especially if you bottom out on every key press, but there are many options for noise reduction; use brown switches, use a keyboard with a dampening pad, install o-rings on each switch, don't bottom out.

[0] https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det...

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