Only ships to the US? Lame.
Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
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Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#32I use a unicomp ( http://pckeyboard.com/ ) buckling spring keyboard. You can order an apple key from them if you'd like.
They also appear to have an apple-specific model (unless this is the one you're talking about): http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/onthestick.html The one pictured is hideously ugly, though. I switched from a Model M to the default iMac keyboard (the wired one with the number pad) back in August when I switched to from linux to an iMac and it's taken me until just recently, to get used to it. I still don't like the…
> The one pictured is hideously ugly, though.
You can order a customized version. I have a custom Unicomp EnduraPro with blank keycaps (like a Das Ultimate) and they also reprogrammed it (i.e.: I wanted to swap CapsLock with left Ctrl and Tilde/Backtick with Esc).
I can't recommend them highly enough.
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#33Only ships to the US? Lame.
They have resellers around the place, where are you located?
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#34Only ships to the US? Lame.
They have a "Where to buy"-link near the top right corner: http://www.daskeyboard.com/where-to-buy/
I've successfully bought a Das Keyboard from GetDigital: http://www.getdigital.de/products/Das_Keyboard_Model_S
It even let me brush up on my German :)
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#35damn, I just switched to a microsoft 4000 ergo keyboard. I'm tempted to order one of these now because I don't think I'm sold on the ergo arrangement yet (I've only had it about a week though). Wish I saved the box for that keyboard :/ Anyone used both and can convince me not to order one of the Das'?
FWIW: The Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 was causing me RSI (I found the spacebar too hard to hit and several keys started malfunctioning after nearly one year). Design-wise I found it good enough (especially for the palm rest and layout as a whole) but I think they should seriously reconsider the quality of their key switches.
I since then switched to a customized keyboard made by Unicomp and couldn't look back. The buckling springs may feel a little bit too hard at first, but over time I found them to soften.
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
You barely need to press the keys though... I guess everyone has their own tastes, but I find the modern Apple keyboards to be the best keyboards I've ever used. The low key travel and resistance means I apply much less strength than I would on a normal keyboard, which makes it much lighter to type on.
If you're trained to touch-type on cherry or topre keyswitches, you're not going to be able to use a non-mechanical keyboard. The muscle action is just different; you're using your muscles to slow your fingers at the bottom of each keystroke rather than applying the energy all at once to your desk. This honestly doesn't make much difference to me, but I know many people who are more sensitive that do notice the diffe…
But the Apple keyboards are mechanical - just with less give. The analogy is more that in one case, you have to punch a heavy hanging weight and get it to hit the wall, whereas in the next case, you can just quickly flick it with your finger to achieve the same effect.
I'm "trained to touch-type" on old keyboards, since I learned to touch-type when I was a teenager playing MUDs and there were none of these newfangled Apple keyboards. And yet, I made the transition without even thinking about it. It's not an iPad keyboard, it's a real keyboard with real keys in all the right places, and you don't have to smash it quite so hard, but it's still "mechanical"...
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#37Does anyone know of a good mechanical keyboard which also has a mouse num between the keys. Or should I be convinced of why that is such a horrible idea.
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#38This keyboard is so noisy that my coworkers wanted to kill me...
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#39This keyboard is so noisy that my coworkers wanted to kill me...
Yeah, I was burned by the same problem with the razer mechanical keyboards. No noticeable keypress feel improvement, and hideously loud; waste of money.
Re: Das Keyboard now pre-ordering Mac version of their mechanical keyboard
#40When will we finally get rid of the numerical pad?
The now discontinued HP mini keyboard [1] was exactly as I thought all the keyboards would had been past 2005. Exactly the full size layout, just without the unnecessary numerical pad whose only use it to keep the mouse far away from my right hand.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/HP-AS601AA-ABA-Mini-Keyboard/dp/B0025Z...