This is already old news, but it seems it has not yet been posted here. MSI have announced in October 2014 their GT80 Titan gaming laptop, featuring a mechanical keyboard!
It's a SteelSeries keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches.
To my knowledge, this would be the first laptop ever to include a mechanical keyboard. Prices are prohibitive and the design may not fit everybody's taste, but I give them kudos for this initiative. This is really something innovative.
http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/tech-new ... oth-worlds
As I see it, if this becomes a trend and catches on (I hope it does), there should be a large panel of high-end laptops to choose from, featuring mechanical keyboards, in a few years' time. *fingers crossed*
GTI releases gaming laptop featuring a mechanical keyboard
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- Main mouse: Mionix Avior 7000
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Been there, done that!!
http://deskthority.net/product-news-f44 ... t9019.html
http://deskthority.net/product-news-f44 ... t9019.html
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- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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Sorry! I thought I had searched thoroughly. I was wrong. *running away, hiding in my hole*
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
- DT Pro Member: -
Haha, wow, that's really something! It was released in 1986. I wonder what kind of laptops will be available in 30 years from now. My first PC had 16 MB of RAM and my new rig (which I built last summer) has 1,000 times more (16 GB).
I sure wouldn't want to convert my full-tower 20 kg rig into a laptop but YMMVIBM had little luck with it's portable models, and realized to keep up, they needed a laptop. IBM came up with the 5140, it was a laptop that could be converted into a main desktop in seconds.