I moved over to a mechanical keyboard this year and it was the best kit decision I'd ever made.
http://blog.alexellis.io/mechanical-keyboards/
I can't imagine having to type on mushy membrane keyboards again.
My Mechanical Keyboard
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#42there's a really cheap and good mechanical keyboard that's manufactured in India - the TVS E Gold at around 30$. IMHO its the cheapest mechanical keyboard that has the Cherry MX blue keys.
http://candytech.in/review-tvs-e-bharat-gold-cheapest-mechan...
really recommend you pick one up if you can.
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#43I 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.…
If you want less travel on your mechanical keyboard, you can use o-rings on the switches. Also dampens the sound when bottoming out. I personally use one per switch, but you can also go for two rings per switch which gives you laptop-like travel.
It killed one of my DAS actually using those. Not sure what happened, the controller just stopped working and I was told "that happens". And I found later (with a new one) that I much preferred it without those, it felt like a manual clutch on an automatic car.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
It does cross into irrational territory though when you can make money with an equivalent tool.
It's a matter of ergonomics, as well as aesthetic taste. Some keyboards allow some keyboardists to make more money than other keyboards. If you can type faster and enjoy typing more, you can make more money, and you're more likely to stick with the profession. If your keyboard makes you hate every moment of your day because of the way it feels or because it injures your hands or wrists, then you will likely make less…
A colleague snapped once at the recently delivered $5 keyboard attached to a really expensive workstation, and ripped out the cheap rattling keyboard with keys that twist and hooks into others, and smashed it into a pillar and then broke it in half.
Keys where flying over the office. Silence. And then applause.
I don't really understand why professional tools are allowed to be so absolutely horrible.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
It does cross into irrational territory though when you can make money with an equivalent tool.
It's a matter of ergonomics, as well as aesthetic taste. Some keyboards allow some keyboardists to make more money than other keyboards. If you can type faster and enjoy typing more, you can make more money, and you're more likely to stick with the profession. If your keyboard makes you hate every moment of your day because of the way it feels or because it injures your hands or wrists, then you will likely make less…
Anyone willing to bold mod a Model M really owes it to him/herself to try a Model F.
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#46I 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.…
It seems the Razer Blade Pro comes with a low-profile mechanical keyboard, maybe they will do a external keyboard with those. Petition? :D
There are a few gaming oriented mechanical with proprietary switches but they aren't every exciting (key shapes and key fonts look childish).
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#47> 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.
My colleguages says it's 'homely' but I get some comments when I write angry emails sometimes... I
But I have 'flossed' it and added some dampening material in the cover, just to avoid unnecessary complaints.
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#48IMO the keyboard is the software engineer's most important tool. I feel most at home on a Chromebook keyboard (ctrl and alt keys on both sides with no win or cmd keys), but I can't find a good external Chromebook keyboard. Even if I could find one, it probably wouldn't be mechanical or wireless (two more keyboard features I love). I'm with Joe, today's keyboards make me sad.
My all time favorite keyboard is my apple //e. Last time I was home visiting my parents, they mentioned it was in the basement. Went down and typed a few things just for the feel. Still my favorite.
Modern mechanicals don't compare in the slightest.
That said, I vastly prefer my MacBook Pro keyboard to modern mechanicals. It's last years model. Never tried a MacBook that I recall, so I have no opinion there.
But my last MacBook Pro was great for me for 5 years, and I plan on hanging on to this one for a while.
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#49IMO the keyboard is the software engineer's most important tool. I feel most at home on a Chromebook keyboard (ctrl and alt keys on both sides with no win or cmd keys), but I can't find a good external Chromebook keyboard. Even if I could find one, it probably wouldn't be mechanical or wireless (two more keyboard features I love). I'm with Joe, today's keyboards make me sad.
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#50> I thought about selling off some of the anniversary gift jewelry I bought for my wife through the years so I could preorder
Slightly off-topic, but that moment is when you know you have a problem.