nevermind got a new keyboard!

[nevermind1534]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

I hooked it up yesterday, and I have to say, I love it.

Discuss (you know, keyboards and such)!

 

[jleemero]

Nice Model M thar lad.

Personally, I use a Das 3.
Huge Pic
Sexy, blank, etc.
It also has clicky-keys which any keyboard lover can respect

Many liken it to being the "Modern Equivalent" of a Model M, though I personally don't agree with that.
I've used numerous Model M's, including modern so-called Licensed "Clones", and I love 'em to death.
And the keys DO feel different, not only on different gen Model M's, but different from the Das as well.

To be honest, I'd call it a parallel to the Model M, as in, "Just as Good", but certainly not the same thing.

Horribly overpriced though, but I got mine for free

 

[nevermind1534]

Yeah, I think I would rather go with a new model M from Unicomp, unless I had a lot of money to blow on a keyboard. The Das 3 does look nice, though.

 

[Tibia]

I'm all for the ergo-split keyboards. They really do feel a lot better on the wrists. My favorite was a wireless set I'd gotten a while back. I keep meaning to hook it up to my laptop, but I never get around to it, since I'm moving it too much.

 

[Basement_Modder]

Here is my keyboard:

Its, like, built in and stuff!

 

[Kyosho]

A mac? iiieeww. Just kidding. Well, half kidding. I'm a PC gamer so Macs are nearly useless to me (perhaps Intel with Bootcamp less so).

As for the OP, I had no idea those old clicky keyboards go for that much now. I mean, I know some people really love the tactile sensation and sound of them, but yeah. Kinda cool. A few years ago I was at a yard sale type thing and some one was selling a big box of about 10 of those things. The whole box for like $5. Wish I'd bought them now.

 

[Basement_Modder]

I only use my mac for internet browsing. I have a PC that I built in the den.

 

[XCVG]

I'm not obscessed with my keyboard, this cheapy works just fine. I wish it had a proper home/end/pgup/pgdn/etc cluster though. What's so good about a clicky keyboard anyway? And who would make a keyboard with no labels?

 

[Bibin]

Cool, I own 3 model M's. They are truly the flax.

 

[jleemero]

I'm not obscessed with my keyboard, this cheapy works just fine. I wish it had a proper home/end/pgup/pgdn/etc cluster though. What's so good about a clicky keyboard anyway? And who would make a keyboard with no labels?

Clicky keys have two distinct advantages over a normal Dome-Switch keyboard.
1) Tactile feedback, it's a very distinct feeling, you know the moment it's made contact.
2) Speed. Less resistance, lad. You can push and release a Buckling Spring (clicky) key faster than a dome-switch key.

As for the blank keyboard?
Why not?
Why in the world would you want to LOOK at a keyboard?
It's all about speed.

A touch typist never looks at a keyboard.
It's a waste of time, and slows you down, having to look for keys.

Once you know where each and every key is, you never need to look for them.
It's how people achieve outrageous speeds.

Ask me or Bibin, we both fly like mad.


I hate using a normal keyboard anymore, at work or school.
It's awful, slow, etc.

 

[robm]

I took a typing class in school just for the easy A (what an understatement that turned out to be,) and was astounded by a few facts:

1) My school, while considered among the most prestigious among High Schools in Ohio, had one of the poorest computer labs I've ever seen. This would have been in my junior year, so I believe this would have been 1998/1999. The keyboards were of the older, "clicky" designs, which bummed out just about everyone else in the class.

2) Amazingly, not one person in my class knew how to type. I define the ability to type as being able to not only type text without looking at the keyboard, but also to use arrow keys (not the separate arrow keys, mind) and the numpad simultaneously and seamless use of the extended character set (@, $, %, etc.) ASCII character codes aren't real easy to use on some of today's machines, so I've quit using that as a criteria.

3) The typing speed standard was piteously low. An individual was only required to be able to type 25 words per minute to be able to pass the class.

For speed purposes, I love the older keyboards - but while I love the feel and function of them, I absolutely hate - with the burning fury of a thousand suns - the sound they make. It's ok if I'm the one using the keyboard, but having to be next to the PC while trying to read or something drives me up a wall.

 

[J.D]

lol, to pass here, you have to type 15 WPM. Disadvantages to living in such a rural town, huh?

 

[XCVG]

I'm not a typist, don't claim to be, don't really care. I can type (semi) properly while (mostly) not looking at the keyboard, and I'm faster than (most) people I know. Also, I haven't used a clicky keyboard in years, but this dome-switch board seems just fine to me, although I use it more for gaming than typing.

 

[eurddrue]

I top out at 70 wpm Not nearly fast enough to need a fancy keyboard.

Also, who would make a wired keyboard without the cord? (shopped out?)

 

[jleemero]

I top out at 70 wpm Not nearly fast enough to need a fancy keyboard.

Also, who would make a wired keyboard without the cord? (shopped out?)

LAWL you just can't see it in the pic.

EVERYONE ASKS THIS

 

[Basement_Modder]

lol I had to take typing in 6th grade and topped out at 120wpm, but I only go about 60-80wpm now.

 

[Bibin]

I get ~130-160 normally on a tactile Model M keyboard. Right now, I'm on a Power Mac G4 dome keyboard. Yeah, it's a great keyboard, as far as domes go, but it's nothing like my Model M. I just ordered a PS/2 to USB adapter (not the pin to pin ones, the ones with a controller inside) so I can use it again.

 

[AfroLH]

Holy Crap.

I top out at 30 WPM...

 

[jleemero]

Holy Crap.

I top out at 30 WPM...

WAHAHHAHAHAHAH!

(It took me under 4 seconds to type this entire post.)

 

[AfroLH]

Holy Crap.

I top out at 30 WPM...

WAHAHHAHAHAHAH!

(It took me under 4 seconds to type this entire post.)

I only type that slow when I have to read and type what I am reading.
I can actually type right around 100 WPM when I am typing off the top of my head.