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One of the 5 keyboards on your list you used all the way through university, and there's only 2 keyboards after. This feels far from an unhealthy obsession to me.
Dude hasn't even built his own keyboard, definitely not an obsession
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You can't just say that and not post build pics of keyboard. :D (A couple of Das Keyboards here and only one is even modified, but let's say I'm mechanical-curious. :P )
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xesqNgwBmZcrss6P6 I should do some better glamour shots to do it justice :)
It was tons of fun. But at the end of the day, I keep coming back to my Ergodox. I'm just so used to it now after all these years I don't think I could give it up.
My journey so far has been (24yo): The keyboard on my dads HP laptop Generic keyboard that came with my familys first home computer (WinXP) A Logitech Ergo version who knows Logitech G110 Logitech G15 Razer Arctosa Razer Blackwidow 2013 (first mechanical) Misc. Tesoro brand keyboard Mistel Barocco MD600 (split) ROG Claymore (removable and sideswappable numpad) Keychron K3v2 Next might be a printed -dactyl or moonland…
- wireless (both Bluetooth and with a dongle)
- hardware volume dial
- two giant, programmable, external buttons (maybe I can use these as Emacs pedals?)
It's only $100 and it looks very cute. Could be a good entrypoint for many!
https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-retro-mechanical-key...
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I eventually wound up with Kinesis ergo keyboards and stopped being much "into" keyboards; they are a means to an end: https://jakeseliger.com/2011/07/17/further-thoughts-on-the-k... . Now I have an Advantage 3 with Box White switches, after admittedly talking to an Upgrade Keyboards key switch sommelier, which I admit somewhat undercuts my first sentence in this comment.
> eventually wound up with Kinesis ergo keyboards and stopped being much "into" keyboards; Aren't those like $500 a pop? Handing out that kind of dough for a keyboard sounds like the opposite of stopping being much into keyboards.
A keyboard can last 20+ years, while a computer around 5 years before it becomes obsolete, more or less. People buy other keyboards because it’s missing something. The kinesis while not perfect is the best keyboard you can buy without building your own from scratch. Nothing comes close, except datahand, but they don’t make those anymore. I stopped buying keyboards after the kinesis.
I really don't understand the numpad-less trend of fashionable keyboards. Doing any kind of number entry beyond one or two digits is very annoying without one. They also don't take up that much space really. If your keyboard is a portable one you pack with you on trips, I get it. If it lives on a desk, why not splash out the small amount extra to make number entry much easier.
For an accountant or someone whose keyboard usage is exceedingly numbers-centric, then sure. But as a default option, it's a space eating waste.
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Depends on what you are doing of course. Cannot speak to the fashion side of it but my original motivator to move to a keypad less was to reduce the distance of the mouse to my typing space. I do not do any type of data entry and rarely type numbers with enough frequency to require it.
Same for me. The shorter distance seems to put substantially less strain on my wrists and shoulder. Can’t imagine sitting in front of a tenkey for hours at a time now.
I want a keyboard with a touchpad beneath the space bar, like the laptops. It is very nice to have everything in front of you and have space on your right / left for a paper notebook. There is nothing out there.
I've also had - and collect - an insane amount of keyboards, much like my musician friends collect instruments. I have 46 keyboards currently - mostly TKL mechanical (Cherry/Topre/Kailh/Gateron), a Moonlander, and some Apple, Microsoft and Logitech. But the only keyboard I actually use for my work is a Lenovo TrackPoint II Bluetooth keyboard (best keyboard ever made IMO).