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Have you really tried them? For me, mechanical keyboards are among those things in the category "You don't know what you're missing but once you know, you can't
by JohnStrange 9y ago
Have you really tried them? For me, mechanical keyboards are among those things in the category "You don't know what you're missing but once you know, you can't go back." Like heroin, I guess. Buckling spring probably not, but maybe some Cherry switch would be just the right thing for you. Anyway, before I got my Unicomp I had no idea how bad other keyboards were, especially laptop keyboards.
Coincidentally, I've retired my Unicomp yesterday to save desk space in exchange for a Pok3r with Cherry blue switches. It's one of the few mechanical "hipster" keyboards that allow you to put Ctrl next to the "a" letter, where it belongs. (HHKB has this built-in, but it's just too expensive. And it's also not programmable.) Unfortunately, the Pok3r has one disadvantage: When you set CapsLock to Ctrl and L_Ctrl to Fn, then Fn+Ctrl key combos don't work properly. So I'll have to change Paredit keybindings in Emacs. :/
It's a pity that Unicomp doesn't produce a tenkeyless keyboard.
- technofiend 9y ago>Ctrl next to the "a" letter, where it belongs. This is the reason I'm typing on a Sun type 6 "UNIX" keyboard despite being mushier than bread pudding. I'd love a mechanical keyboard with a proper cluster of Sun buttons and maybe some dampeners so it's not obnoxiously loud but still gives proper tactile feedback.
- tinbucket 9y agoUnicomp, the company formed by a staff buyout of IBM's keyboard division, offer a real mechanical in Sun "UNIX" layout: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/40PSA http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/40PSA It's a dream to type on and has the 'right' layout. It's not cheap or quiet, but it really is the best keyboard I've ever used. I'd kill for an affordable HHKB-sized Model M from Unicomp.
- technofiend 9y agoWow that's pretty sexy, but it's missing the L1/Stop button row on the left-hand side. That's what I meant by proper cluster of Sun buttons. It's still interesting, though. And tempting.
- anotheryou 9y agoI own a keyboard with cherry browns, but type on a cheap lapstop-style cherry (KC 4000). (but you made me try the browns once more :) )