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Foiltha posted:On a side note, does anyone know if the QuickFire Rapid works okay with OS X? I run a Hackintosh but I really, really don't want to use the Apple wireless keyboard and I'm looking for a relatively cheap mechanical. Volume keys and play/pause and stop keys work fine, but back/forward track skip keys don't seem to work. Otherwise it's totally fine.
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You can always use KeyRemap4Macbook to make things work how you want. But on that note, I'm about to throw my Filco (brown tenkeyless 40A o-rings) on SA-Mart and pick up a standard Apple USB keyboard. I've been happy with how KeyRemap has worked for getting it to work like an Apple keyboard, but I think I just really prefer the chiclet keys to mechanicals.
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:You can always use KeyRemap4Macbook to make things work how you want.
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jwoven posted:Do it, get the 87u 10th anniversary edition Where did you get that? I googled around and all I could find was people talking about it. Fake edit: The Topre keyboards on elitekeyboards.com are $350, I don't know if I can justify THAT much.
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Feb 12, 2012 23:26
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DinosaurHouseParty posted:Have you tried the blues? I didn't much like the browns either. A lot of the problem is the height of the keys, I think. I've typed on laptop style keyboards for years and just can't make the jump.
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I just got a Corsair K60 and I almost feel like the included orange rubberized WASD replacement caps feel slicker than the default caps. I'm giving them a shot though; does anybody else have this board and have the same feelings?
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Rashomon posted:Fake edit: The Topre keyboards on elitekeyboards.com are $350, I don't know if I can justify THAT much. Rationalization: If you buy one, you won't find a better one for the next 20 years. That comes out to $17.5 per year. (Unless you later want a wireless keyboard... or change your mind about whether you want a variable weighted keyboard or uniformly weighted.) For what it's worth, not buying one now gives you the freedom to buy one later. When you have more information about how much money you'll have then.
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Trisk posted:I just got a Corsair K60 and I almost feel like the included orange rubberized WASD replacement caps feel slicker than the default caps. I'm giving them a shot though; does anybody else have this board and have the same feelings? I'm quite fond of them. I actually tried out the number key reds as well, then took them off for a bit, but I ended up putting them back on. Guess I grew fond of them without realizing.
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Feb 13, 2012 02:07
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Rashomon posted:Where did you get that? I googled around and all I could find was people talking about it. The 10th anniversary one (with those sexy, sexy keycaps) were sold in Japan. I wanted one, but couldn't justify the nearly $600 it would cost after shipping and customs. Not to mention that I already have an 86u. In Japan, the 103u is $260'ish, and the 87u is the same price. But over on Elitekeyboards, it's a $100 premium for the 87u.
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Feb 13, 2012 02:31
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jwoven posted:In Japan, the 103u is $260'ish, and the 87u is the same price. But over on Elitekeyboards, it's a $100 premium for the 87u. I feel really lucky for getting my 103u when elitekeyboards had them on sale for 'only' $215.
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Feb 13, 2012 02:35
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I have a Filco that I love and that won't be breaking down any time soon. I wouldn't mind investing in a nice tenkeyless keyboard as well, and then be set with keyboards for life.
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Feb 13, 2012 03:17
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jwoven posted:The 10th anniversary one (with those sexy, sexy keycaps) were sold in Japan. I wanted one, but couldn't justify the nearly $600 it would cost after shipping and customs. Is it the same case with HHKBs? I might have to pick up a type S or something when I go over there
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HHKB pro2 is about $250 in Japan, and about $300 on EliteKeyboards. Doubt you will find a Type-S, though. Not to mention that they really aren't that much quieter than the regular ones, since they (allegedly) just have some o-rings on it. Here's a bunch of other rare keyboards. http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Limited+Edition+Keyboards+you+cant+buy+afford+or+find The one I really want? IBM Industrial Model M SSK. Only a few of those around (about a half dozen, last I heard)
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jwoven posted:HHKB pro2 is about $250 in Japan, and about $300 on EliteKeyboards. Don't o-rings only help with bottoming out whereas the type-s helps with the key rebound back up?
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So I had been thinking of getting a Das Keyboard forever and then I ended up buying a Microsoft Ergonmomic Natural 4000 or whatever keyboard because 1) my wrists have been bothering me and it was making me paranoid 2) it was $25 on Amazon. I actually really like this. I used to hate the idea of typing on an ergonomic keyboard but now it's really comfortable and I got used to it with very little learning curve.
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I just replaced my Razer Blackwidow with a Das Professional S (blue cherries). Quite an improvement, I must say. The Das just feels "right". Hard to put my finger on it, but it types better and it even sounds better. Its blues are quieter than Razer's. Don't ask me how, they just are. The only exception is the space bar, which is rather loud and the click is distinctly metallic, much different to the other keys. All in all, I'm impressed. I miss Razer's backlighting, but that's about all I miss about that keyboard.
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I have an Dell AT102W. It's built like a tank, feels awesome and sounds even better. It's ~5 years old and uses black ALPS. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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mackintosh posted:I just replaced my Razer Blackwidow with a Das Professional S (blue cherries). Quite an improvement, I must say. The Das just feels "right". Hard to put my finger on it, but it types better and it even sounds better. Its blues are quieter than Razer's. Don't ask me how, they just are. The only exception is the space bar, which is rather loud and the click is distinctly metallic, much different to the other keys. I get a bit of "pinging" with my Das Silent, but I could honestly care less. It's probably because I fire away like a drat machine gunner on this thing. I'm pondering getting a second one for home. I hate typing on my BW at home anymore. It just feels so drat strange to type on blues compared to browns (they instantly became my favorite switch).
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Feb 16, 2012 22:59
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wasdkeyboards has their custom designer up for 105 layouts. I'm going to make the poo poo out of some keyboards.
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My crappy Dell has finally given out in terms of the space bar and what do you know? EliteKeyboards is having a moderate sale on their Topre Realforce keyboards. How good are the Topre Realforce keyboards for gaming, particularly FPS gaming? Would I be better off getting the variable force model or the 55g one? I really want a quiet, high quality keyboard so the Cherry switches seem to be out of the question for me. Strong Female fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Feb 17, 2012 |
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fookolt posted:My crappy Dell has finally given out in terms of the space bar and what do you know? They're great. NKRO, good key feel, they're great boards. If you can get a uniform 45g one, I'd say that's better than the uniform 55, which is better than the variable force.
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fookolt posted:I really want a quiet, high quality keyboard so the Cherry switches seem to be out of the question for me. Aren't Cherry Browns/Blacks/Reds really quiet?
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Arcsech posted:Aren't Cherry Browns/Blacks/Reds really quiet? Only if you don't bottom them out while typing, which is really easy to do. Putting rubber o-rings on the keys helps silence them further.
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Even without bottoming out, they're louder than a rubber dome board. Not to mention the whole spring pinging, the plate, bottoming out, etc. In terms of loudness, I would have to say that, from quietest to loudest: Realforce/HHKB Type-S Realforce/HHKB normal Laptop scissor keyboards Keytronic rubber dome boards Normal rubber dome boards Cherry MX black and red Alps linear, whatever color they may be Cherry MX clear Cherry MX brown Cherry MX blue Dampened Alps Tactile + Silent Alps Buckling spring Alps clicky + tactile
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jwoven posted:Even without bottoming out, they're louder than a rubber dome board. Not to mention the whole spring pinging, the plate, bottoming out, etc. I can agree, whenever I'm chatting to someone online, without fail they say "why is your keyboard so loud?"
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Arcsech posted:Aren't Cherry Browns/Blacks/Reds really quiet?
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My girlfriend just bought (and has, she says it is amazing) a 109-key Truly Ergonomic with blues. I'm using an old Dell rubber-dome that came free with a used PC I bought a while back. I am sad. And poor.
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I didn't see any recommendations in the OP or the past few pages, but I've got a Model M and my new motherboard doesn't have a PS/2 port. I bought a cheap converter on Amazon but it doesn't register/does funny things when I press more than a couple keys. Does know a basic converter that doesn't do this? Is this what everyone means by NKRO?
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Smeed posted:I didn't see any recommendations in the OP or the past few pages, but I've got a Model M and my new motherboard doesn't have a PS/2 port. I bought a cheap converter on Amazon but it doesn't register/does funny things when I press more than a couple keys. More than two keys? Is that what you mean by a couple? What funny things?
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Khorne posted:Nope. The noise they make when the key comes up is really loud no matter the switch type. If you type slow or keep your finger on the key it's probably not that bad, though. I guess reds are kind of quiet when they come up compared to the other switches, and I haven't used blacks. They sound like a true keyboard should  But if you do touch typing without hammering on the keys, it's seriously not that loud at all. If anything quieter than a membrane keyboard since you don't have to bottom out to get the keypress to register. (however, it's so much more satisfying to hammer away like you're trying to hack the gibson or some poo poo.)
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Just wanted to stop in and say that I still love my WASD with Cherry Browns. It is still an absolute joy to type on -- worth every penny, imo. Though, I would really love to to try the Topre switches on the EliteKeyboards. You can type fairly quietly on these, but I can't type quickly without bottoming-out the keys, resulting in that loud "clickly-clacky", mechanical sound. Not as loud as the Model M, though, or other really, old-rear end spring keyboards.
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shrughes posted:More than two keys? Is that what you mean by a couple? What funny things? Yeah sorry, more than two. For instance, trying to hold Shift-W-A to move in a game doesn't work. I'll also get delays when holding two at a time. It looks like this is what I should have gotten. Will this work? Ziotek adapter:http://www.amazon.com/PS2-Keyboard-To-USB-Adapter/dp/B000BSJFJS
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My RealForce comes in on Tuesday  I figure if I have a 30" monitor and 24GBs of RAM, I might as well go all the way 
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Smeed posted:Yeah sorry, more than two. For instance, trying to hold Shift-W-A to move in a game doesn't work. I'll also get delays when holding two at a time. The issue isn't the adaptor, the issue is the keyboard is only 2kro; that means it will only reliably register any 2 keystrokes at once. There isn't much you can do about that.
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jwoven posted:The issue isn't the adaptor, the issue is the keyboard is only 2kro; that means it will only reliably register any 2 keystrokes at once. There isn't much you can do about that. 2kro means that at a minimum, 2 keys will register, and modifier keys aren't included in that. Also he's posting that it's a problem now, so probably it did work in the past?
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ppp posted:2kro means that at a minimum, 2 keys will register, and modifier keys aren't included in that. Also he's posting that it's a problem now, so probably it did work in the past? Yup, it worked in the past. I've been using my model M for games for years and I can't remember a time when I've run into an issue of pressing too many keys.
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People wouldn't worship the Model M like they do if it was only 2KRO.
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Zhentar posted:People wouldn't worship the Model M like they do if it was only 2KRO. I really don't think it's the gamers that buy the Model Ms. The last time I heard of someone I knew buying them it was a head engineer who wanted them for his office computers
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Zhentar posted:People wouldn't worship the Model M like they do if it was only 2KRO. They are though.
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I have heard that some PS2->USB adaptors are worse than others. My Dell AT102W was definitely 2KRO though. I remember ED+space being a particularly bad combo.
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