deskthority

How about a PS/2 gaming keyboard?

I’m a Mac guy and a vintage keyboard snob, so I’ve no idea if they still are a thing. My Filco NovaTouch is PS2/USB, for instance. I've long heard people claiming (wrongly) that PS/2 is "faster" than USB for keyboard input latency, and assume that's still a draw for ...

... 8BitDo retro keyboard —is my tip for a taste of sincerely clicky action for a very fair price. It's my first Kailh board and even as a Model F snob I find its switches quite commendable. It's closer to blue Alps than to Model F, especially the sound: Model F is much louder than this, but easily ...

[…] As Kbdfr likes to point out: Cherry MX blacks can and often do go through hell and back and feel more or less the same. They've certainly got that going for them. Consistency. Albeit mediocrity. ;) […]

The end of that remark is, of course, elitist specialists ' speach. For everyday users ...

... for this keyboard. From what you're saying it may be relatively easy mod.

I don't have a Unicomp Mini M, or any plans to get one. (I’m a Model F snob.) I do commend their modular controller, though, and I'd imagine Bluetooth upgrade boards for these will be a thing, whether Unicomp or the ...

Muirium wrote: 31 May 2023, 19:54 Sixty percent is crass and gauche. The true “snob of keebs” is a 1%enter.

As long as it's not a BAE, of course.

Sixty percent is crass and gauche. The true “snob of keebs” is a 1%enter.

I’d return it for a refund and stay WASD free. But then I’m an IBM spoiled snob so I’d never be happy with a WASD board, even if it behaved well and had arrived correctly.

Now you know why we loathe ABS spacebars here. They shine in no time. It’s not just you.

... over last week who got disappointed in the Model M and found it "weird" after trying an F. I was a bit surprised. I thought that kind of keyboard snobbery had to be acquired over time.

I am not sure what this is, but it came up as soon as I googled "instant snob". What I'm seeing is a guy who ...

... light switch) when I type so cylindrical or flat keycaps, decent travel distance and tactility, and a high keyboard angle help me a lot.

I can’t seem to be any good at white Alps, and I’ve become a switch snob and recoil enough that it slows me down on regular rubber dome or recent Apple keyboards.

... is particular gift for Mac.

In that you can actually plug it in? I guess so! Always a plus. :lol:

The Bluetooth side of the board sounds good. The caps and case look like everything else in recent years, though. And those stabs would put me off. But I’m an impossible snob so shall zip my mouth up!

Which is NeXTs fault because… underpants?

I count myself as an IBM keyboard snob, too. But their layouts were just as arbitrary as their choice in outsourced operating system vendors for their rushed entry into the PC market. Sure, they were influential among clones—clones clone —but neither Apple ...

Which is NeXTs fault because… underpants?

I count myself as an IBM keyboard snob, too. But their layouts were just as arbitrary as their choice in outsourced operating system vendors for their rushed entry into the PC market. Sure, they were influential among clones—clones clone —but neither Apple ...

That’s pure shite. They’re smooth as sin. Really, really nice. And this is coming from me, a Topre snob who looks down his nose at Cherry as some lesser thing entirely. Regular linear MX is bad: scuffy, scruffy, scratchy, even noisy in the stroke. Yet, like some miracle completely out of place ...

... please correct me if I'm wrong

Will do. ;)

That’s pure shite. They’re smooth as sin. Really, really nice. And this is coming from me, a Topre snob who looks down his nose at Cherry as some lesser thing entirely. Regular linear MX is bad: scuffy, scruffy, scratchy, even noisy in the stroke. Yet ...

[…] I am a snob, no doubt […]
Not going to comment that :lol:
what matters to me
1. Layout
[…]
Now what I mean by a layout is completely different from what Kbdfr prefers!
For those who don't know what Muirium means, here's my beloved daily driver:

https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id ...

You could always run a poll of your own.

I am a snob, no doubt, but I'm not one who cares a shit about serial numbers or logo badge. I don't even have a single industrial IBM keyboard! They cost more for a different case colour, bugger that.

No, what matters to me, in descending order, assuming ...

I self identify as a tactile typist (XY straight caffeine positive drama over comedy right handed oversharing inclusivity snob low energy woke clown agnostic intersectionally confused monomaniacally pluralistic sans serif advocate Topre first cis-male). Also: Mac. Do not discriminate against me.

The Unsaver is a special beast. I once had someone offer me one (and cash) as a trade for my Kishsaver. NO CHANCE!! But I'm just a compact keyboard snob. Other folks have a very special spot for the Unsaver.

... hand with
high reliability.

Every single keystroke on every button is still as precise as it was on the first day.
I have turned into a keyboard snob now: anything else but the F77 feels cheap and
"disgusting" to type on.

No - Ellipse is not paying me to say these things. This is how I genuinely ...

Still for sale? I’ve plenty of caps and a fair few switches looking for a home. But I’m a picky snob!



Don't think it's for sale at the moment, it was a groupbuy that ran in September or so of last year. Kbdfans have been hinting that it might make a return at some point as an in stock item, but ...

Still for sale? I’ve plenty of caps and a fair few switches looking for a home. But I’m a picky snob!



Ahhh but it isn't coiling them more, it's the gauge and total length of the wire. A coil spring is just a torsion rod wound into a coil. When you compress it you're just twisting the wire. If you ...

Maybe I'm a snob, but after using my silver badged IBM Model M for a while I find other IBM Model M and Unicomp sound and keyfeel meh. Wonder how a NIB SSK compares to a silver badged Model M.


you're not a snob if you use a Model M :mrgreen:


:D :D
Well, the silver badged IBM Model M and a ...

cli wrote: 04 Sep 2019, 18:53 Maybe I'm a snob, but after using my silver badged IBM Model M for a while I find other IBM Model M and Unicomp sound and keyfeel meh. Wonder how a NIB SSK compares to a silver badged Model M.

you're not a snob if you use a Model M

Maybe I'm a snob, but after using my silver badged IBM Model M for a while I find other IBM Model M and Unicomp sound and keyfeel meh. Wonder how a NIB SSK compares to a silver badged Model M.

... that were anything but inadequate (i.e. basically any UK "home computer" of the early '80s that used actual keys) but which were marred by snob value, through assorted clone terminal keyboards which had assorted levels of wonderfulness and dreadfulness, and a brief excursion into IBM Twinax ...

... that were anything but inadequate (i.e. basically any UK "home computer" of the early '80s that used actual keys) but which were marred by snob value, through assorted clone terminal keyboards which had assorted levels of wonderfulness and dreadfulness, and a brief excursion into IBM Twinax ...

don't play snob now

... I know well. Newfangled stuff like the Realforce RGB:

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2114

But I don’t think Keyboardco sells them. And I’m the kind of snob that doesn’t pay them any interest. Love those PBT dyesubs just too much to bear the thought of lesser keys.

... ness, from layout to caps to switches to reliability and feel, would annoy the snooty nosed Bejesus out of me, but that’s because I’m a Topre snob and a fulltime member of the HHKB illuminati already. See how it works out for you over the next week or two. If it’s solid, great. If not, then ...

... ness, from layout to caps to switches to reliability and feel, would annoy the snooty nosed Bejesus out of me, but that’s because I’m a Topre snob and a fulltime member of the HHKB illuminati already. See how it works out for you over the next week or two. If it’s solid, great. If not, then ...