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My HHKB Pro 2 Review
« on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 07:09:51 »
Can anyone give me some feedback in regards to my review of the HHKB Pro2?

http://pexonpcs.co.uk/blog/

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Re: My HHKB Pro 2 Review
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 07:16:34 »
I'll do some edits,

Pmd :3.

Great honest review, from a consumer perspective
« Last Edit: Sun, 14 July 2013, 07:41:40 by Meiosis »
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Re: My HHKB Pro 2 Review
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 07:29:25 »
Thanks for your feedback. Its my first review, I just wanted an outside view.

Apart from what your have pointed out, what do you think?

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Re: My HHKB Pro 2 Review
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 15:18:41 »
Very comprehensive (says a fellow HHKP2Pro owner).

There is allegedly a Caps Lock - Fn + Tab is labelled as "Caps", and rumour has it that this is the case, but mine has never worked, simply returning a tab.

Although I am using it on a Mac, don't know if this makes any difference.

I have relatively large, strong hands, and although I rarely accidentally press a key, I do find that I can rattle off a quick sentence or two much more easily with the Topre switches.
"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

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Re: My HHKB Pro 2 Review
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 15:48:28 »
Thanks for the positive feedback.

I can access the Caps lock key by using Fn and Tab. I use the dip switches, 2 and 6 in the Windows environment.

I dont find the Topre switches on the HHKB light and I do tend to type heavy handed, I do make more mistakes on this board than my others.