02-02-2019, 05:12 PM
Keyboards, those things you use to type on your computer, most people often don't think a lot about them.
But there is a vast market out there, filled with different "typing experiences" From the IBM model Ms and Fs (coil spring) of the 80s and 90s, to the Hall Effect (magnets) Keyboards of the 70s and 80s and recently returning to consumer markets, to the classic Cherry and often cloned switches (there are many different ones) that were often found in cash registers and other commercial hardware of the 80s and 90s, to the Chiclet keyboard used most noteby in a lot of laptops and Apple keyboards, to the most common rubber dome keyboards, and so many more.
Now you may ask "but Lucker why does this all matter?" Many people who type a lot for a living such as people in IT or programing, often find that chiclet and rubber domes are inefficent (you need to bottom out to get a key press to register) and often just feel bad for prolonged typing either the harshness of the stop (such as chiclet) or mushy (rubber domes). For example, Cherry switches you don't need to bottom out but go about half way or so for a key register.
Personally I like a stiff clicky keyboard like the Model M or Cherry MX Blues and Greens, but I have a few keyboards because verity is the spice of life.
My keyboards include:
Ducky Shine 4 69 Fire (6 LED colors, 9 different Cherry Switches)
Ducky Zero Shine (Cherry MX Blacks) (my first Mechanical keyboard)
Ducky One (Cherry MX White)
Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid (Cherry MX Blues)
Cooler Master QuickFire XT (Cherry MX Greens)
Torpe Type Heaven (Torpe switches which are like a mix of Buckling spring and rubber dome, I got this for a previous job because I would have driven my co workers nuts with a clicky switch)
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2014 (some type of Cherry clone Im not sure, I can't find much info on it, only got it because it was a good deal).
So am I the only Keyboard person here?
But there is a vast market out there, filled with different "typing experiences" From the IBM model Ms and Fs (coil spring) of the 80s and 90s, to the Hall Effect (magnets) Keyboards of the 70s and 80s and recently returning to consumer markets, to the classic Cherry and often cloned switches (there are many different ones) that were often found in cash registers and other commercial hardware of the 80s and 90s, to the Chiclet keyboard used most noteby in a lot of laptops and Apple keyboards, to the most common rubber dome keyboards, and so many more.
Now you may ask "but Lucker why does this all matter?" Many people who type a lot for a living such as people in IT or programing, often find that chiclet and rubber domes are inefficent (you need to bottom out to get a key press to register) and often just feel bad for prolonged typing either the harshness of the stop (such as chiclet) or mushy (rubber domes). For example, Cherry switches you don't need to bottom out but go about half way or so for a key register.
Personally I like a stiff clicky keyboard like the Model M or Cherry MX Blues and Greens, but I have a few keyboards because verity is the spice of life.
My keyboards include:
Ducky Shine 4 69 Fire (6 LED colors, 9 different Cherry Switches)
Ducky Zero Shine (Cherry MX Blacks) (my first Mechanical keyboard)
Ducky One (Cherry MX White)
Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid (Cherry MX Blues)
Cooler Master QuickFire XT (Cherry MX Greens)
Torpe Type Heaven (Torpe switches which are like a mix of Buckling spring and rubber dome, I got this for a previous job because I would have driven my co workers nuts with a clicky switch)
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2014 (some type of Cherry clone Im not sure, I can't find much info on it, only got it because it was a good deal).
So am I the only Keyboard person here?
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
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The EU killed the Internet star
The EU killed the Internet star
In my mind and in my phone, we can't rewind we've gone too far
Article 13 came and broke your heart
Put down the blame on copyright