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The Keyboard Thread by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/28/2009, 5:53pm PDT I love how every online forum eventually has a debate about tipping -- Choson Every forum eventually has a discussion about keyboards. I managed to ruin two of mine lately. Here are the keyboards I'm currently using: IBM MODEL M: 10/10. I like it very much. Right now the thing has a dodgy left shift key. It's killing me. I've harvested other left shift keys but it's not working. This is very frustrating. UNICOMP BUCKLING SPRING: 8/10. I think Mischief Maker got one at the same time I did - and he has not enjoyed it. I liked it just fine. One of my cats knocked over some juice on the Unicomp last week - no problem. I popped out all the keys, ran a vacuum over the top to suck up anything caught inside, and soaked each key in a fresh-smelling, lemony solution. Well, the "U" doesn't buckle any longer. I can press the key firmly to get it to register, but typing with the same force I do the other keys will not make it register anything. Frustrating! I don't know what makes the buckling key part buckle, so I don't have the knowledge to fix it. SAITEK BLUE: 7/10. I don't know, it's okay - it doesn't make any noise, which is why I brought it into work. But I find that I am very inaccurate with the keyboard. I'm not saying the things I want to say with it. Part of me doesn't care. But it's odd how "off" I am with it. For a keyboard that makes no sound it is nice, and I like the volume controls. I'm sort of leaning towards getting Das Keyboard (with key caps, though) for home use. Anyone tried it? I know it's extremely hipster, but a well-made keyboard would be great. It's the same price as a new Unicomp, however, and I guess I am wondering if anyone's enjoyed theirs. the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!

The Keyboard Thread by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/28/2009, 5:53pm PDT     I've gone back to wired by Lizard_King 10/28/2009, 6:43pm PDT         I wish they could make a mouse with a proper scroll wheel by Entropy Stew 10/29/2009, 2:42pm PDT     Just read this last night (semirelated) by Vested Id 10/29/2009, 1:02am PDT         Hey I found your comment by Jerry Whorebach 10/29/2009, 1:56am PDT     Re: The Keyboard Thread by The Happiness Engine 10/29/2009, 2:42am PDT     I vastly prefer generic OEM keyboards with standard layout and no multimedia key by Eurotrash 10/29/2009, 3:19am PDT     Mechanical switch keyboards are beer resistant, like yours truly. by Worm 10/29/2009, 5:08am PDT     Re: The Keyboard Thread by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/29/2009, 8:10am PDT     I downloaded the typing of the dead demo but still didn't install it yet :( NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/29/2009, 1:04pm PDT     I'd get an apple keyboard if they knew where to put the fn key :( by Entropy Stew 10/29/2009, 3:00pm PDT         Apple's full-size keyboard, with the keypad, has proper 'fn' placement. by Mood: Perplexed 10/29/2009, 8:49pm PDT     do any of your keyboards have a large scroll barrel? by up with pod people 10/29/2009, 6:43pm PDT         You can get a mouse that has something like that right in between the buttons. ^ NT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 10/29/2009, 9:20pm PDT             TOO SMALL TOO SLOW. by up with pod people 10/30/2009, 9:08am PDT                 I have found the pgup and pgdn keys to come in handy in those situations. :( NT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 10/30/2009, 9:13am PDT                     it just ain't the same man. don't knock the barrel until you've tried it by up with pod people 10/30/2009, 11:18am PDT                         they should build a contraption that makes walking FASTA NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/30/2009, 2:22pm PDT     tiny delicious rectangle by Bananadine 10/30/2009, 7:14am PDT