deskthority

If only I already had the HHKB Pro 2. Because that case looks quite the part. Ah well.

One of these should do the trick. Can't really go wrong with a Filco. Or, come with me on a journey through forum-browsing time and desktop space… The big choices for a first mech keyboard, if you want to get into this, are: 1. Full size or Tenkeyless? http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/images/articles/...

Ascaii wrote:Sorry, Ive been a bit busy with stuff. You are in and this is aimed to begin traveling in April.

Thanks Ascaii.

Is this try-out still going ahead? I PMed Ascaii with my details a while ago but haven't heard back. (Sorry to hear you're stuck in hospital, by the way.) Topre vs. Cherry is on my mind thanks to this . Before I spring for an HHKB or the GH60 equivalent, though, I guess I ought to actually try some ...

Jmneuv wrote:Have you seen the GH60 group buy? It's coming in hhkb layout too. It's fully programmable and cheaper. MX switches though. You can have it community built if you're not into tinkering. Will require patience though.

Sounds promising. Programmable you say? More investigations await…

Once you go down the path towards quality, you tend to find yourself becoming more critical. Since many people consider Topre to be the ultimate switch, they advise that you save yourself a lot of worrying, time and expense and jump straight to the keyboard that you will inevitably end up using. If...

That's what the typing pool in every large corporate office must have sounded like until the 1980s / 90s. Yikes.

This keyboard was designed to be used on an Apple III. Not likely. The Apple III used the same pair of "open Apple" and "closed Apple" modifier keys as the Apple II. They live on as the Command and Option keys on the Mac. http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Apple_III_Keyboard_s2.jpg The conn...

Well what have we here?

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/fil ... t5095.html



Even looks like a hub on this little guy. Intrigued…

prdlm2009 wrote:Do what I did and a lot of people on here end up doing: get obsessed with keyboards, buy a bunch of them to try them all out, and then come back here and sell them.

Trying to fight the impulse!

sordna wrote:They ship internationally, but that would probably cost $50-$60 for Scotland...

Sounds likely. And 20% tax waiting on pickup, courtesy of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. Then hope nothing ever needs returned…

UK importers: WASD please!

If you have patience, there's the WASD v2 keyboard coming out soon, which has quite a bit of features like layout selection (qwerty/dvorak/colemak), mac mode, etc, and a backlit version. The main niche of WASD is fully customizable keycaps, but the keyboards are such good quality that people buy th...

Stabilisers are a concern to everyone as they are on all the larger keys, spacebar, enter etc. If the stabilisers aren't good then there will be a noticeable difference in feel between regular keys and stabilised keys, Cherry stabilisers can make the keys feel mushy, although this can be solved by ...

One thing about mechanicals that hasn't been mentioned yet is the different key profiles . Afaik they both use the tall OEM (asian) profile. Should you later want the lower cherry profile you're in for some keycap hunting... which can be fun, but will also drain your wallet. Good point. I'm so used...

Well, in my opinon Filco is more solid and "tanky", but If you really need LEDs pick up Ducky! There is no blue tooth versions of Filcos and Duckies as I know. I own Filco keyboard and I don't have any USB ports in it (obviously). If lack of LEDs is not a problem for you, I highly recommend Filco M...

The Filco uses Costar stabilisers, most people seem to prefer this, whereas Ducky uses Cherry stabilisers, although this is mostly down to personal preference. I've come to the right place! Never even heard of stabilisers until now. Just the kind of detail I like to learn about. They're more of a c...

Hi folks, first time poster. I found Deskthority in the search for my first mechanical keyboard. Guess I dived in at the deep end! Which is good, because I'm always full of questions. I'd appreciate your collective wisdom. I write a lot (for a peek check out my writing project at http://andala.org w...