but I am a little wary of the Cherry browns as I enjoy the sharp clickyness of the BS and Alps switches.
it'll be interesting to hear how you like the browns after a while
I don't have any problems with it, it just looks like it's from another geological era next to my system ... :)
as far as I know there are 2 right corners in that photo, both empty.
This looks like a board I'd really like to try, were they ever made in a US layout, or just the international layout with a tall enter key?
This looks like a board I'd really like to try, were they ever made in a US layout, or just the international layout with a tall enter key?
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Hi,
if you are interested in that keyboard.
I want to sell mine on the german eBay website but will ship worldwide:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=270334940129
The last 10 seconds have been exciting. I didn't bid though. Sold for 131 Euro. I expected it to be much more.
Am I the only one who's feeling a bit exploited by people registering here solely for advertising their auctions and maximizing their profit? I have the feeling we won't hear much from spunkmeyer again. Or the other guy with the M15. Makes me want to demand deleting first posts containing ebay advertisements. But I don't :)
I won a G80-5000HAMUS for 10 euro, including numpad and mouse :)
The auction had under 10 views (including me and the seller) and I was the only bidder. Seller was not disappointed I think, it was his asking price and he seemed glad it sold at all.
I won a G80-5000HAMUS for 10 euro, including numpad and mouse :)
The auction had under 10 views (including me and the seller) and I was the only bidder. Seller was not disappointed I think, it was his asking price and he seemed glad it sold at all.
Cherry is a cynical company that knows innovation is punished and not profitable, so they are doomed to make the same old crap.
I was considering to have one made with only As, just for the heck of it (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AAAAAAAAA!).
I think the wrist rests can be removed too for a smaller form factor
I wonder though if one could transplant the inner.
A few last notes. The Filco key caps are higher and feel noticeably better. The Cherry key caps, despite being lower, are heavier (1.26g vs 0.96g for the Filco), and can be taken off by hand, unlike the Filco's. One reason for this might be that if you pull a cap, you are in fact pulling the pcb and it is a matter which has the weakest connection, the cap to the stem or the switch to the pcb. I managed not to destroy it ;) The big key stabilizer system is just not very good. I opened the keyboard, and mostly it is a screwless afair (top half clips on bottom half). A few tiny screws, one holds the thin sheet of plastic sliding between the two units when they seperate, and it can be easily removed. No screws at all on the numpad. Also the top connection between the two units where the cable runs is easily loosened, and you can have two truly separate units. So there is no reason for the design to stay connected like it is, otherwise, probably, reasons of target audience and market - they did not want to make it too "alien." This is pure speculation though. Inside the two halves there's only a pcb with the switches, and that is it. The wrist rests can indeed not be removed, a half with rest is one piece of plastic although it is visually designed to look like a separate add-on. This board is, despite its split nature and double shot keys, one of the cheapest and most produced to cost keyboards I own. It really is a cheap piece of crap ;) A desirable one though.
Cherry quality has gotten noticeably worse with the new style case on the G81/80s, the old ones are despite being entirely clipped only too of a much more solid feeling.
There are a few Korean guides on how to put a simple steel or plastic plate into the newer cases to improve stability when typing, but maybe that is going a bit far.
Over 150g. It didn't even completely bottom out yet, it's half way. Someone at Cherry was pretty scared to accidentally press these...
It's officially the heaviest switch in my collection.
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I like the right/left Windows keys. I often get them confused.