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Tool fetishes... Sadly, thought I have about 100 keyboards, of every shape, size, switch, My record typing speed is on a 15 dollar logitech k120. It's pretty mu

Tool fetishes... Sadly, thought I have about 100 keyboards, of every shape, size, switch, My record typing speed is on a 15 dollar logitech k120. It's pretty much for the sound and the art of it, more than the utility. Wish I knew that when I started. And lost a couple WPM over kinesys advantage and ergodox learning...

sohkamyung 8y ago
Keyboards, I believe, are a personal thing. Some people can live with any kind of keyboard. Others may need to feel the 'click' and feedback from the pressed keys. I personally can live with some keyboards but not others. I'm currently typing on a USB based Thinkpad keyboard and like it. On the other hand, a Dell keyboard that came with my office system had a 'mushy' feel like I was typing on a dead fish that completely turned me off using that keyboard. :-)
- usrusr 8y ago
  I think that it is mostly familiarity, and once you start thinking about it you quickly begin to think to much and get lost in bad rationalizations, eventually bordering on the religious. When you believe that you can't overcome lack of familiarity you will never adopt, self-fulfilling prophecy. My personal familiarity idol happens to be the Cherry rubber sheet series, kind of ironic among all the MX hype.
deno 8y ago
Does that include IBM Model F/M? You haven’t really typed until you’ve typed on the original clickity-clackity keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5rGPJ9RjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5rGPJ9RjY
- krylon 8y ago
  In a previous job, I was unhappy with the keyboard I had and took my Model M to work. It was so loud I had to stop typing whenever the coworker I shared the office with was on the phone. Which was kind of a lot. Later, I gave that keyboard to my parents, thinking they might feel more at home with it. They did not, though, and threw the keyboard out. They are lucky I love them very much.

sohkamyung 8y ago

Keyboards, I believe, are a personal thing. Some people can live with any kind of keyboard. Others may need to feel the 'click' and feedback from the pressed keys. I personally can live with some keyboards but not others. I'm currently typing on a USB based Thinkpad keyboard and like it. On the other hand, a Dell keyboard that came with my office system had a 'mushy' feel like I was typing on a dead fish that completely turned me off using that keyboard. :-)

usrusr 8y ago
I think that it is mostly familiarity, and once you start thinking about it you quickly begin to think to much and get lost in bad rationalizations, eventually bordering on the religious. When you believe that you can't overcome lack of familiarity you will never adopt, self-fulfilling prophecy. My personal familiarity idol happens to be the Cherry rubber sheet series, kind of ironic among all the MX hype.

deno 8y ago

Does that include IBM Model F/M? You haven’t really typed until you’ve typed on the original clickity-clackity keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5rGPJ9RjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5rGPJ9RjY

krylon 8y ago
In a previous job, I was unhappy with the keyboard I had and took my Model M to work. It was so loud I had to stop typing whenever the coworker I shared the office with was on the phone. Which was kind of a lot. Later, I gave that keyboard to my parents, thinking they might feel more at home with it. They did not, though, and threw the keyboard out. They are lucky I love them very much.