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Offline whiskytango

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Mechanical keyboard virgin
« on: Sat, 24 November 2012, 23:11:01 »
New guy here. I made fun of my brother-in-law becoming obsessed with mechanical keyboards and this website. Then I played with his Cherry Red Leopold. Now I have a mechanical keyboard inbound from Newegg and I have been cruising this site for a couple of days now.

I chose the Rosewill Cherry Blue that Newegg has on sale for $59. I don't game but I do type a decent amount (attorneys write a lot it turns out) so I am hoping this board will enhance my typing.

I also recently stumbled upon a cache of new in box Wyse WY85 terminal keyboards so I already have some new key caps to mix and match and play with. I have actually spent much of my time on this site the last few days researching just what the heck we had with those old Wyse boards. This site rocks. I hope at some point I am able to contribute.

So, that's what I got so far.

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Offline Sifo

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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 24 November 2012, 23:11:58 »
Welcome to Geekhack! Good collection so far :)
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 25 November 2012, 00:43:01 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

How appropriate, considering the thread title and type of keyboard switch you have chosen ;)

One contribution you could make is to share the Wyse love - a lot of people like those old keyboards.
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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 25 November 2012, 03:15:30 »
Quote from: whiskytango on Sat, 24 November 2012, 23:11:01
New guy here. I made fun of my brother-in-law becoming obsessed with mechanical keyboards and this website. Then I played with his Cherry Red Leopold. Now I have a mechanical keyboard inbound from Newegg

...so I am hoping this board will enhance my typing.


Haha what a hypocrite. Who's your brother-in-law that spends a lot of time on here?

It probably won't enhance your typing skills as much as the quality of the typing experience you get out of typing on a mechanical KB.
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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 25 November 2012, 08:47:56 »
His username is champloo. He is pretty new to the site as well. He decided to get a board a few months ago and then obsessed about which one. He would flounder back and forth on brand, switch type, etc. I would talk to him about it and I thought he was crazy. I had no idea there was so much to get into here.

I understand now why it was such a tough decision. I always thought of old clunky things like the old IBM keyboards when I thought of mechanical. Now I see there are lots of cool options.

I saw the multi-cam Filco and immediately wanted it. Maybe one day.... decided the Rosewill was more economical for now.
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Offline Champloo

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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 25 November 2012, 10:51:29 »
I'm here all the time but I lurk more than I post  :)

Welcome to GeekHack!!
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Re: Mechanical keyboard virgin
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 25 November 2012, 15:13:02 »
It's amazing how much there actually is about keyboards - most people just do not realise.
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