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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nicosia on Wed, 29 September 2010, 06:39:36
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Cherry G80-3000LPC with black switches. Has anyone used this keyboard before?
For someone who isn't familiar with high end keyboards, will I notice any difference in usage between my current Thinkpad keyboard and the G80?
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All that I have heard is that black Cherrys are crap to write on... and they should be.. linear, high force with no sound or tactile (yeah.. linear .. :P )... If you are going to write on it... go for a Blue (clicky + tactile, medium force), Brown (tactile, low force) or Clear (tactile, high force)... (I use Clears myself writing code 8-10 hours a day, five days a week... and I'm very happy with them)
But I've seen some people writing that black cherrys might be good for gaming though... Nothing I know anything about... I don't do that kind of gaming. :/
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Apparently they don't do browns or clear in this model. Otherwise I would have definitely considered those as a first option. I believe the blues are a little too noisy and doesn't appeal to my personal preference in noise level. Would the blacks be that distinctly difficult to use for general everyday work and definitely no gaming?
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Apparently they don't do browns or clear in this model.
Ey? Yes they do...
Cherry MX Blue: Cherry G80-3000LSC (http://www.jacob-computer.de/_artnr_762617.html?status=1&SID=f4534d5b582491d828e92d2180e35615)
Cherry MX Brown: Cherry G80-3000LXC (http://product.pcpop.com/000108009/Index.html)
Cherry MX Clear: Cherry G80-3000LQC (http://www.jacob-computer.de/Eingabeger%E4te_Tastaturen_Cherry_Classic_Line_G80-3000_-_Tastatur_-_PS-2%2C_USB_-_104_Tasten_-_Hellgrau_-_Englisch_-_US_%28G80-3000LQCEU-0%29_artnr_172735.html)
Cherry MX Black: Cherry G80-3000LPC (http://www.jacob-computer.de/Eingabeger%E4te_Tastaturen_Cherry_Classic_Line_G80-3000_-_Tastatur_-_PS-2%2C_USB_-_104_Tasten_-_Schwarz_-_Englisch_-_US_%28G80-3000LPCEU-2%29_artnr_172841.html)
These are all US ANSI style keyboards with the € symbol on key 5... That is the Cherry G80-3000***EU.
Would the blacks be that distinctly difficult to use for general everyday work and definitely no gaming?
Well... I wouldn't like to type on a keyboard with no tactile feedback... I would much rather go for a Filco or Das Keyboard or something else with brown switches then buying a Cherry with black switches... But I prefer some force in my keys... so I went for a Cherry G80-3000LQC. And since I'm from Sweden I wanted the European ISO layout. But there is no LCQSE model... so I just went ahead and bought a DE version (more exactly a Cherry G80-3000LQCDE-2 ... A black German cherry keyboard with clear switches.)... Same layout but different key caps. But I don't really look att the key caps... so that doesn't matter.