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I believe the reason for those fantastic keyboards of the 70s and 80s is their lineage from technological marvels like the IBM Selectric typewriter. Back in tho
by abraae 10y ago
I believe the reason for those fantastic keyboards of the 70s and 80s is their lineage from technological marvels like the IBM Selectric typewriter. Back in those days people had jobs like"typist", and for a brief period innovation meant helping people type faster and more accurately.
- jacobolus 10y agoYes, that’s right. And those typewriters cost several thousand dollars in 1970. The nicer keyboards from the 70s–80s would be $400+, adjusted for inflation, whereas the keyboard part of these Bloomberg keyboards probably have a marginal cost of <$10 (obviously they have some up front costs for injection molding tooling, etc). It’s just kind of sad how they call these “professional” products when the core typing/keyboarding experience sucks, and they try to differentiate their product based on gimmicks instead.