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That current “starboard” keyboard is atrocious. Over the last couple years I’ve killed probably five of them with trivial levels of coffee spills. They seem sup
by audiometry 8y ago
That current “starboard” keyboard is atrocious. Over the last couple years I’ve killed probably five of them with trivial levels of coffee spills. They seem super-sensitive to any kind of debris. Way more than any other keyboards I use, including those of laptops.
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- phyalow 8y agoWe keep a running tally on our trading desk on how many starboard keyboards we each go through a year. Average seems to be about 3 per person! I did 5 last year, although one did get dirty and I just wanted a replacement hehe. Q/A must be terrible.
- swarnie_ 8y ago3 or more per person?? Any idea what these things costs? I can barely get a replacement iPhone each year.
- phyalow 8y agoNo idea, I think BBG just replaces them for free as part of a terminal subscription (~27k USD p/a per user).
- CompelTechnic 8y agoThe real reason they get broken so often- the temptation to obliterate a free, delicate artifact is pretty strong when you just make a losing trade to the tune of $2.4m.
- jnichols35 8y agoI have a stack of new ones next to my desk at work. It feels like not even a day goes by that I have to replace one. The typical culprit is coffee, otherwise the keys fall off with relative ease.
- comboy 8y agoA day? Have you guys considered putting coffee in a place where you don't spill it so easily?
- apaprocki 8y agoI use the keyboard as my daily driver writing code for the Terminal itself. I’ve had the same Starboard on my desk for over half a decade. I guess they don’t stand up to fist mashing and coffee spilling? Typing normally on it works quite well :)
- crottypeter 8y agoI'm guessing jnichols35 does IT support in a large-ish office?
- jnichols35 8y agoThat is correct, I just got a ticket in for another keyboard replacement due to a key popping off. Edit: This is a new one for me https://imgur.com/gallery/QTFMw2D https://imgur.com/gallery/QTFMw2D
- comboy 8y agoSo it's like, not just keycap? It's gone for good now? I guess there's no incentive to make them more durable. You know this better than me, but I doubt corpos care about the cost of replacing those keyboards.
- jnichols35 8y agoJust after I updated that comment I got another keyboard with multiple keys missing. I believe the keyboards are replaced for free as part of licensing them out. I worked IT for a High School and kids would tear laptop keyboards apart. The school wouldn't replace them so I had to do my best to fix them. When I saw a keycap come off when I started here and they said replace the whole board I sighed with so much relief.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoHow expensive are these things? Sounds like there could be a big market for repaired / refurbished keyboards.
- brixon 8y agoFrom another comment, they are "free" with their $27K/yr subscription.
- Fyorl 8y agoMaybe stop spilling coffee on your keyboard?