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- From: jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:22:48 -0600
- In-reply-to: <20150114233120.GA18598@dragontoe.org>
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http://www.amazon.com/Das-Keyboard-Professional-Quiet-DASK3MKPRORED/dp/B00COQTY7S Das Keyboard has some louder and softer keyboards (both sound and force). Saving my nickles for one :-) On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:44:23PM -0500, Daniel Barrett wrote: >> I'm interested in getting a better keyboard, like a Cherry MX type, >> but would like to try out a few first to compare them. Is there a >> computer store in the Boston area where this is possible? That is, >> they've got Cherry red, blue, brown, etc., available to try out? >> >> I tried a friend's Cherry MX Blue at work at it was quite awesome, >> though loud. > > I suspect you want a brown, which has about the same tension in the key > switch as a blue but without the click. The trouble is, so does > everyone else... they're generally the hardest variant to get. I > recently went though this exercise, and went to Microcenter since I > figured they would have the biggest selection of keyboards in the > store compared to any other retailer I could think of. And they do... > but they did not have a single MX brown keyboard on the shelf, from > any maker. Lots of reds, blacks, and blues... no brown. Not one. > > Hopefully that was a temporary problem, and you'll have better luck. > > I actually have several mechanical keyboards, and I would recommend > you look at the Corsair Vengeance K90 with MX Brown switches. And, if > you'd be interested in something with a slightly smaller form factor, > I'd also suggest the CM Storm Quickfire TK, or one of the other boards > in that line. Good luck finding one you can try though; and if you do > want brown switches you can order on Amazon and it generally takes > about 1-3 months to get, because they're always out of stock. > > I would recommend you stay away from Ducky, unless the main reason > you're considering them is price. They are cheaper, but... you get > what you pay for. They're not terrible--still better than a standard > membrane keyboard--but the build quality isn't on par with any other > mechanical keyboard I've tried. > > -- > Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 > -=-=-=-=- > This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in > undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ><> ... Jack "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin
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