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What makes a keyboard better in your opinion? I once bought a 100$ mechanical keynoard and ended up going back to my 10$ keyboard because it was familiar I am

by totony 9y ago

What makes a keyboard better in your opinion? I once bought a 100$ mechanical keynoard and ended up going back to my 10$ keyboard because it was familiar I am not sure if the difference between keyboards is that price dependant

rockostrich 9y ago
Better is mostly subjective. Even with mechanical keyboards, people like different types of switches so some will say their brown keys are better than blue keys or their white keys are better than red keys. Most of it is feeling. Different key types require different amounts of force and give different amounts of feedback. Your $10 keyboard was better for you because you were more comfortable on it. My tenkeyless blue switch keyboard at home is nice, but I don't think it has much of an effect compared the Apple keyboard that I use at work. Disclaimer: In the world of mechanical keyboards there are certainly keyboards that are better than others. That can't be said when comparing switch types, but within a certain switch type there are switches that are manufactured better than others. Here's a blog post with gifs that show the different switches: http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduction-to-cherry-mx-mechanical-switches/ http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduc...
ghaff 9y ago
A lot of people (including myself) like long-throw clicky keyboards given the choice. However, especially with the wholesale shift to laptops, they're far less familiar to people than they once were. I do like my mechanical keyboards but I admit that I use other keyboards so much of the time that I don't feel I "have" to use them like I once did. (And, indeed, I may have to adjust a little if I haven't used them in a while.)
- NewRapGod 9y ago
  There are multiple laptop models on the narket with mechanical keyboards, from Razer, Acer, Asus, etc. Mechanical keyboards are objectively bettet in that all top competative touch typists use them.
walterstucco 9y ago
> What makes a keyboard better in your opinion? In my case it reduces wrist fatigue I'm 40, being using computers for 35 years now A good keyboard literally makes my life better My point is that a good keyboard can make the difference, while an "iPhone only" feature most probably won't

by totony 9y ago

rockostrich 9y ago

Better is mostly subjective. Even with mechanical keyboards, people like different types of switches so some will say their brown keys are better than blue keys or their white keys are better than red keys. Most of it is feeling. Different key types require different amounts of force and give different amounts of feedback. Your $10 keyboard was better for you because you were more comfortable on it. My tenkeyless blue switch keyboard at home is nice, but I don't think it has much of an effect compared the Apple keyboard that I use at work. Disclaimer: In the world of mechanical keyboards there are certainly keyboards that are better than others. That can't be said when comparing switch types, but within a certain switch type there are switches that are manufactured better than others. Here's a blog post with gifs that show the different switches: http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduction-to-cherry-mx-mechanical-switches/ http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduc...

ghaff 9y ago

A lot of people (including myself) like long-throw clicky keyboards given the choice. However, especially with the wholesale shift to laptops, they're far less familiar to people than they once were. I do like my mechanical keyboards but I admit that I use other keyboards so much of the time that I don't feel I "have" to use them like I once did. (And, indeed, I may have to adjust a little if I haven't used them in a while.)

NewRapGod 9y ago
There are multiple laptop models on the narket with mechanical keyboards, from Razer, Acer, Asus, etc. Mechanical keyboards are objectively bettet in that all top competative touch typists use them.

walterstucco 9y ago

> What makes a keyboard better in your opinion? In my case it reduces wrist fatigue I'm 40, being using computers for 35 years now A good keyboard literally makes my life better My point is that a good keyboard can make the difference, while an "iPhone only" feature most probably won't