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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: jeyoung on Thu, 09 September 2010, 16:29:47
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Perhaps the best-kept secret in keyboarding world, cheap, generic-ish brand PC Line makes an amazing low-profile scissor switch keyboard for £7.99.
I was at PC World this evening, trying out the keyboards they had on display for one that I could use at the office when I came across these keyboards. There was a £7.99 keyboard that outclassed the more expensive, and supposedly R&D'ed, Microsoft, Logitech, and Razer. There were only two left on the shelf, so I bought both of them. At that price, it was a steal anyway.
I will still be saving for a Filco, as I long to re-discover the feeling of mechanical keyboards -- I used NEC and Sanyo ones a long, long time ago -- but for now these cheap PC Line will do.
For those in the UK who may be interested, here is the model in question.
PC Line Slimline keyboard at PC World (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-slimline-keyboard-03731649-pdt.html)
The in-store price was £7.99 today, but it is selling for £8.99 on the web.
E.
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I was at MicroCenter today, and they had some scissor switch space saving keyboards with the same type of layout as a laptop or the SIIG MiniTouches for $9.99. I was there to try out anything with MX Blues. Sadly, they decided to stop putting out show models. Worthless trip, and we got lost.