Author Topic: French guy reporting in !  (Read 3160 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Enhor

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 12
  • Location: France.
French guy reporting in !
« on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 08:30:23 »
Hi everyone !

First thing, please excuse my English. Or blame it on the French educating system   :D

As many newcomers I've come to this forum looking for information to get my first mechanical keyboard. I'm mostly a gamer and spent quite a lot of time on the Internet as well. Too much, according to the gf and family.

At the moment, I'm the owner of a Roccat Arvo which has served me well for the last 2 years. I like the compactness of it and I also like the idea of having the numpad doubling as the arrow keys and function keys. This allow me to access every keys without having to use combinations such as FN + other key. Unfortunately, it remains a rubber dome keyboard.

I'm looking for something just as small, without or without backlightning, with or without USB and audio ports, with or without detachable USB cord...
Quite frankly, my criterias are rather broad, except for 2 things:

- I want it to be small. Not  HHKB small, but at least Roccat Arvo small.
- I want most of the keys to be usable without having to use weird keys combinations.

I'm really interested in the upcoming CM Storm Quickfire TK but I'm not sure of how the numpad/arrow keys block works, and info on availability is lacking.

Also have a slight crush on the Choppoo Choc Mini, but its seems hard to get.

Anyway, glad to be here, and hope to be a member of this nice community  ;)
"Big mousepads and small keyboards."
Ducky Year of The Dragon #1478 (MX Brown)

Offline Batmann

  • Posts: 531
  • Location: France
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 11:21:21 »
Hey Enhor,
one more frenchman  :)
j'ai un choc mini brown si tu veux des infos n'hésite pas (je compte le vendre bientôt dans les 60 euros si ça t'intéresse )

Offline boost

  • BOSTMOBILE
  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 3300
  • NY Giants!!!
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 11:25:53 »
Welcome to geekhack. The choc mini is  a nice keyboard.
"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines."

-Enzo Ferrari

Offline moonprismpwr

  • Posts: 128
  • pew pew
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 11:28:03 »
5579-0

Offline hazeluff

  • * Vendor
  • Posts: 2384
  • Location: Vancouver, BC
  • 光復香港
    • Hazeluff
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 11:34:34 »
Welcome to GeekHack = p.

Not many keyboards with the same layout. I believe there is one MX board that has it, but I can't recall the brand/product. If you don't need a number pad, just go for a TKL.

I have a Choc Mini myself, its a wonderful board. I think Qtan (check in vendor subforum) has some. Well I got mine from him.
Fight For Freedom. Stand with Hong Kongers

Offline Enhor

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 12
  • Location: France.
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 12:41:20 »
Well thanks everyone  :)

I'll probably be posting a new topic quite soon asking for more informations on the models I've had a look on.

Batmann : Au pire dis moi quand tu le vends. J'suis pas fixé dessus et probable que d'ici là j'ai acheté quelque chose, mais on sait jamais !
"Big mousepads and small keyboards."
Ducky Year of The Dragon #1478 (MX Brown)

Offline Batmann

  • Posts: 531
  • Location: France
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 14:01:45 »
Well thanks everyone  :)

I'll probably be posting a new topic quite soon asking for more informations on the models I've had a look on.

Batmann : Au pire dis moi quand tu le vends. J'suis pas fixé dessus et probable que d'ici là j'ai acheté quelque chose, mais on sait jamais !

ok, no problemo
en plus du layout, faut surtout bien choisir les switchs, perso je change le choc parce que je préfère les mx rouge
y a toute les infos sur le forum
a+  :)

Offline Enhor

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 12
  • Location: France.
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 15:08:18 »
Just posted a new thread asking for advice, hope I'll get some nice answers.

And one more time, thanks for warm welcome !
"Big mousepads and small keyboards."
Ducky Year of The Dragon #1478 (MX Brown)

Offline Sifo

  • Alter
  • * Exquisite Elder
  • Posts: 7487
  • Location: #GOLDSPRINGS, #LEGITBALLIN
  • Illustrious
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 20:39:28 »
Salut, bienvenue à geekhack
I love Elzy

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 06 October 2012, 23:57:22 »
Welcome to Geekhack!
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline neeb

  • Posts: 124
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 00:22:56 »
Welcome :D! Good luck in finding a first mechanical keyboard that's right for you :)

Offline Capitalistix

  • Posts: 162
  • Location: Florida
  • Cherry MX Green Disciple
    • Uncanny Electronics
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 11:45:21 »
Bienvenue! The Choc Mini is amazing by the way. If you can find one for cheap, snag it up! I got mine on amazon!


Offline tillertow

  • Posts: 36
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 11 October 2012, 07:40:11 »
Good English, no worries there...
And welcome to the site
FS: 6Gv2 Key caps ISO/scandinavian:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36427.0

Offline 4LI4Z

  • Posts: 123
  • Location: 127.0.0.1
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 11 October 2012, 10:57:13 »
Welcome to Geekhack Enhor!
BLING BLING GOLD SPRING

ErgoClear Filco MJT2 TKL || Apple EK II || Hall Effect Keypad || Cherry G81 HAD || IBM M SSK

Offline Enhor

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 12
  • Location: France.
Re: French guy reporting in !
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 11 October 2012, 14:28:53 »
Well, thanks everyone !  :)
"Big mousepads and small keyboards."
Ducky Year of The Dragon #1478 (MX Brown)