So, basically ignoring switch type and concentrating on the design of the physical unit? Probably the IBM M4-1 then.
Well, I really mean your favorite to use, but I'll add the M4-1.
IBM Model F AT : 1
IBM M4-1 : 1
ABS M1 w/ White ALPS leafs and AEKII sliders : 1
Okay so:
Model F AT : 1
ABS M1 w/ White ALPS leafs and AEKII sliders : 1
well i also voted for endurapro since i think its a tie between that and the absm1 modded. :)
Don't you really mean a Unicomp Spacesaver, considering that you modded the pseudo-Trackpoint out?
Aren't polls fun?
This isn't getting anywhere, is it? 7 votes, 7 different boards.
He said DAS!
DAS III.
There, I said it!
(Though I'm really getting a taste for Cherry browns, and have a Realforce 87U on the way...)
IBM Model F AT
ABS M1 w/ White ALPS leafs and AEKII sliders
Endurapro
Realforce 86/7 U
Realforce 103UB
HHKB 2
Sejin Electron SKM-2001
Datahands
DAS III
Raptor K-1
filco tenkeyless with black alps
Cherry G80-3000 with blues
Is no keyboard going to get a second vote?
You have excellent taste in keyboards pal :)
Hah - I know ballot stuffing when I see it.
Is no keyboard going to get a second vote?
IBM Model F AT
Now can I declare the HHKB2 the winner?
This is a weird poll. Everybody knows the IBM Model M is the King of Keyboards! (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=5130)
Sounds like I should separate the Model F and the Model M in the switch poll. They must feel quite different.
Sounds like I should separate the Model F and the Model M in the switch poll. They must feel quite different.
Yes, you really should separate the two. Buckling springs over capacitive contacts do not equal buckling springs over membrane.
The Model F buckling spring requires approximately 10 grams less force for the key presses and has a much more precise, on-center, crisp feeling than the Model M. The 84-key further refined the mechanism to increase the smoothness vs. the original PC/XT Model F. I can type for longer periods on my PC AT keyboard without fatigue than my Model Ms (but the HHKB Pro 2 surpasses even the PC AT keyboard in typing longevity without fatigue)I haven't got a second model F to compare, but are you sure the XT and AT models are so different in key feel?
I declare this keyboard to be the pinnacle of human engineering -
I declare this keyboard to be the pinnacle of human exploitation -There, fixed the quote for you. Irony doesn't suit this thread.Show Image(http://emall.pk/addimages/misc/emall/dell.jpg)
Using Ripster's and Max Lugar's logic, we should count all the different types of real, fake, complex and simple White Alps as completely different switches.
Yeah, that's what Welly wants to do. What's wrong with that?
So can we vote for TWO keyboards now? I'm confused.
So can we vote for TWO keyboards now? I'm confused.
And do you have to own the keyboard to vote for it.
lol what i'd like is some logic and consistency to the categories - it wouldnt make sense to separate out F and M when they're so similar, and then clump together the alps which are much more different (Xm's vs fukka for instance) than F and M.
I just want to make sure the Model F AT doesn't win.
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And do you have to own the keyboard to vote for it.
Your favourite keyboard really should be the one you are using or you need to get another one pronto.
I love my Model M. But until I have experience with Cherry Blue, I cannot tell other people, with confidence, that buckling springs really are better than Cherry Blue.
Of course you couldn't. Especially when in the poll about switches, they scored about the same.
Indeed there should be a poll where people say what keyboards they have used, and which they consider the best.
Some people are listing more than 1 keyboard. Doesn't that take away from the meaning of "favorite?"