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Incase bought a dead end. I don’t understand the love for these classic products outside of nostalgia and habit. The peripherals market made massive strides si
by dangus 3y ago
Incase bought a dead end. I don’t understand the love for these classic products outside of nostalgia and habit.
The peripherals market made massive strides since these were in their heyday. These were solid mid-range options years ago but they’re just not competitive anymore.
For the same price as the Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard you can buy a split ergonomic keyboard with real mechanical switches. You even get multiple switch choices.
Microsoft had a respectable product line but the market has caught up and surpassed it.
This reminds me of those Unicomp IBM keyboards. I bought one, thought it was great at the time, but later on bought a more modern-design mechanical keyboard. In comparison the Unicomp keyboard was so clearly an inferior nostalgia product: louder, heavier (in a bad way), and worse key feel and travel than the vast array of switches available on the market today.
- jedberg 3y agoDo you have a list of keyboards that are the same price as the MS Ergo (retail price of $59) that are as good? Because I've never found one.
- dangus 3y agoPerixx Periboard-335BL is the one that I found on Amazon, $59. Seems like the same idea but with the mechanical switches. Admittedly it’s missing a number pad. I owned an MS ergonomic keyboard around 10 years ago and those membranes are so mediocre. My overall point is that if you’re spending $60 on a membrane keyboard you’re so close to being able to afford a mechanical one that I’m not sure who that $60 product is for.