1. Most important, I need an idea of how the profile of this board on the desk, since it does not have legs. I always use legs and need the rear of the keyboard to be a good bit higher than the front [snip]
Sixty kindly replied to a PM I sent him. Measurements are from the top of the desk to the highest point on the last row, and the highest point on the first row. Note that Sixty had different key caps then what will be included with the production model, so his measurements are a bit higher, but will still be indicative of the slope of the keyboard.
Measurements are approximate:
KBC Poker:
Desktop to highest point on last row: 1.6 inches (4.0 cm)
Desktop to highest point on first row: 1.1 inches (2.8 cm)
Change of .5 inches
Ducky 1087 (stock, using legs):
Last Row: 1.8 inches (4.6 cm)
First Row: 1.19 inches (3 cm)
Change of .61 inches
Ducky 1087 (stock, no legs):
Last Row: 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)
First Row: 1.19 inches (3 cm)
Change of .31 inches
Cherry G80-8113 (stock, with legs):
Last Row: 1.69 (4.3 cm)
First Row: 1.13 inches (2.9 cm)
Change: .56 inches
I'm a legs (and ass) man, but the Poker will probably be ok without them, as it's close enough to the G80 with legs, which I'm fine with. If anything, I can probably find some adhesive rubber pads to raise it a tenth of an inch.
So yeah, I was really anal retentive about this, but I'm definitely in on one of these leet little keyboards. Side note: the english measurement system needs to die. Metric is so much easier...