Quake3World

So, after I got a new box in the summer, I got a new keyboard shortly afterwards -- the Razer Lycosa, because it looked cool, and apparently I'm easily impressed by lights (they are blue lights, though, so...). Anyway, now that I've actually started to do some programming at home, I'm coming to hate this piece of shit. The travel is short, but the thing is so mushy that I can't even tolerate it anymore -- not to mention that striking the tab key from an angle (Alt+Tab or Super+Tab) will make the tab key stick. It's not as bad as the Mac chicklet keyboard, but it's up there...

So, anyone here use mechanical keyswitch keyboards? I have some old Model M's in the cupboard, but I've come to rely on the super key (i.e. windows key) in Compiz over the last little while, and all the ones I have are 101s.

After surveying the options -- the stupidly expensive Das Keyboard is out (aside from the price, it has a bug in it's firmware) -- I think I'm going to give the Ione Scorpius M10 a shot. It's not as stupidly priced as the Das Keyboard and it uses the same basic technology.

I hate the internet. As soon as I order something, I find something better to buy.

Wired. Minimalist. Back-lit. Mechanical keys.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keybo ... 0&cl=US,EN

obsidian wrote:Wired. Minimalist. Back-lit. Mechanical keys.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keybo ... 0&cl=US,EN

Looks okay. I'm currently leery of anything trendy and illuminated because of the crap that this Razer turned out to be. It's getting to be unusable for anything serious. I'm not overly fond of laptop keyboards anyway, so I don't know how much I'd like the Logitech. I had an IceKey on the Mac that used scissor switches, and I hated it too.

Also, "mechanical" in this context is only true for some definitions of mechanical -- scissor switches are just there to help push the key back up after it hits a normal rubber dome switch. The actual activation isn't mechanical, only the key travel.

I'm prolly going to wait until the M10 gets here, and see how it is and if I like the blue Cherry keyswitches. The 87 key layout looks physically arousing though, so I doubt I can stop myself from ordering the Filco for very long...