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Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 6:09

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 6:09

Impressive design Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Best keyboard ever

gervacleto13-Jul-20 1:31

gervacleto

13-Jul-20 1:31

G-Skill MX Red light with blue cherry's. It's anti-spill and I changed the original caps for an engraved with transparent cover so I think these keys will have the letters disappear just a few minutes after the end of the world Smile | :)

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 6:10

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 6:10

gervacleto wrote:
G-Skill MX Red light with blue cherry's.

Now THAT's a gaming keyboard!

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Re: Best keyboard ever

gervacleto13-Jul-20 10:10

gervacleto

13-Jul-20 10:10

Absolutely! But you know, I am not a gamer, I'm a developer. I bought it for these reasons: 1) Durability. It lasts forever. 2) The Blue Cherry's are the best for my taste. 3) The red light is soft for working. (Multi color can be a little overwhelming) and 4) Because it has 6 x 3 macro programable keys which is fantastic to avoid repetitions for folding, unfolding, build... etc, functions that usually require CTRL + xx, CTRL + yy or something like that.

Re: Best keyboard ever

MikeD 213-Jul-20 1:34

MikeD 2

13-Jul-20 1:34

Never treated it to a full cup of coffee although it has had a few slops over the years

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro

Got to be around 20 years old now and the areas where my fingers don't touch is really filthy. I would clean it but don't want to take the risk of breaking it and it is all my dirt after all Blush | :O

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 6:11

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 6:11

MikeD 2 wrote:
I would clean it but don't want to take the risk

There's tutorials on youtube, as I found out Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Col Wolf13-Jul-20 2:06

Col Wolf

13-Jul-20 2:06

I got a membrane, backlit Redragon gaming keyboard K512RGB. It is a comfortable keyboard, but I would like to better understand the backlight. It progresses across the keyboard with all the colors of the rainbow. It is pretty but doesn't appear to have a function beyond that. It didn't come with a manual. I liked it well enough that I got another for a machine in my lab.

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 6:28

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 6:28

Col Wolf wrote:
It progresses across the keyboard with all the colors of the rainbow. It is pretty but doesn't appear to have a function beyond that.

Ditto; it came with software that can make the lights progress in different patterns, colors and speed, and there's an API, but haven't seen any software that actually makes use of it.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Col Wolf13-Jul-20 7:15

Col Wolf

13-Jul-20 7:15

Sadly, I would have to decompile the software to make it work on my several Linux workstations, and I have been too lazy to do that (so far).

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 7:29

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 7:29

There's .NET libraries for the Corsair, and it is supported under Linux. Still doesn't mean I have found a real use for it Big Grin | :-D

I had the idea to write a VS-plugin to go from "rainbow" to "flashing red" on an exception during build. Changing the color of the keyboard was done in 15 minutes, then wasted 4 hours on the "updated" plugin system of VS and gave up Smile | :)

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Slow Eddie13-Jul-20 3:29

Slow Eddie

13-Jul-20 3:29

I have an old Dell keyboard that came with one of their machines. I actually had 2 of them but I too dropped a cup of coffee into it and went to the backup.

I wish it was wireless.

I use a Logitech K520 on my other machine. It is wireless.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

BernardIE531713-Jul-20 5:41

BernardIE5317

13-Jul-20 5:41

I use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard It saved my life I consider the typical rectangular keyboard as torture devices Cheerios

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 7:26

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 7:26

PaltryProgrammer wrote:
I consider the typical rectangular keyboard as torture devices

"Torture device"?

I like the rectangular ones, because it is predictable for my fingers where the keys will be. It's not like someone pulling your finger-nails. It's not even as annoying as wearing a bra in summer.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Choroid13-Jul-20 6:02

Choroid

13-Jul-20 6:02

Typing is typing muscle memory corrects for all the how hard is the key to push down and the noise keeps me awake HA HA BackLit would be nice but my biggest feature that is a deal maker is the little cushion pad at the bottom of the keyboard MINE IS a Kensington Pro Fit Wireless Comfort Desktop Set
The word SET means I get a wireless Mouse with more buttons than I know what to do with box says it is Spill Proof (I am not testing it is a 3.5 hour drive to buy a new one) I suffer from IWSWIB syndrome
I want to see what I Buy = IWSWIB Coffee Cup has always practiced NO SPILL Distancing 24 in to the left of the Keyboard $49.00 at UGH Frys Electronics

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 7:20

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 7:20

Choroid wrote:
Coffee Cup has always practiced NO SPILL Distancing

I'm were the coffee is, and don't want to be distanced from the keyboard.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

sasadler13-Jul-20 6:22

sasadler

13-Jul-20 6:22

CM Storm QuickFire Rapid 10 keyless with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet. I've got 4 of them for some of the computers around the house. No RGB lighting for me!

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 9:46

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 9:46

sasadler wrote:
with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet.

Makes me wonder whom you afraid to wake up. Never considered my typing a noise; the first neighbor to complain may be surprised.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

sasadler13-Jul-20 11:58

sasadler

13-Jul-20 11:58

Heh, not the neighbors. It's the guys I game with over the internet. They didn't complain but they could hear the clickity-clack when I was key mashing.

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 14:48

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 14:48

Aight, good point; I'm on "push to talk", with the button to activate it on the mouse for that reason. That and the humming, singing and whining Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Best keyboard ever

jaf213-Jul-20 7:10

jaf2

13-Jul-20 7:10

Really expected a mention of the old Northgate keyboards.

Re: Best keyboard ever

Eddy Vluggen13-Jul-20 7:18

Eddy Vluggen

13-Jul-20 7:18

Looks like an Amiga-keyboard?

review wrote:
The Avant Stellar costs US$189 and the Avant Prime is US$149.

Is it worth the price of admission?

One thing you should keep in mind is that the Avant Prime and Stellar are PC keyboards that use a PS/2 connection.

That IS stellar; especially if the most important feature is just a PS/2 connection.

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Stuart Dootson14-Jul-20 1:19

Stuart Dootson

14-Jul-20 1:19

Unicomp buckling spring keyboard (IBM Model M clone, basically) on one computer, Filco Majestouch II (with Cherry MX Browns) on the other.

I don't know how well either of them deals with liquids, but I'm pretty sure I could use the Unicomp for self defense, given the weight of it!

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Re: Best keyboard ever

Sandeep Mewara14-Jul-20 10:23