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I hoarded mechanical keyboards for years and years (and adapters to use these AT-connector and ADP devices with then-modern machines), and always wondered why p
by iwanttocomment 1y ago
I hoarded mechanical keyboards for years and years (and adapters to use these AT-connector and ADP devices with then-modern machines), and always wondered why people put up with the terrible membrane keyboards of the 90s and aughts. The answer then as now was always the same - the keyboard market is driven by price, and people wanted cheap keyboards.
Today, we all know that wasn't the case, as (often pricy) mechanical keyboards are (thankfully) back in vogue.
It was just lack of availability the whole time.
(Yes, my purchasing decisions are very keyboard-driven.)
- p_ing 1y agoMechanical keyboards serve the same niche vinyl records serve. They're great, but still a niche. And extremely rare on laptops.
- iwanttocomment 1y agoThe scissor-switch keyboards on most modern laptops are radically and wildly superior to the membrane keyboards from the '90s or the horrific butterfly Apple keyboards from 2016-2020. Perhaps a niche, but it is strange how objectively bad keyboards got before literally anyone complained, even though in retrospect we all look back at those terrible keyboards with disgust.
- p_ing 1y agoYes, scissor is generally fine. I had a laptop back in the 386 days and those keyboards were something else.