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Title: Anyone know the actuation force of an apple aluminum scissor switch?
Post by: rustybarnacle on Tue, 08 March 2011, 18:58:16

Or what scissor switches are in general?  Trying to settle an issue w/my apple kool-aid drinking brother.

Title: Anyone know the actuation force of an apple aluminum scissor switch?
Post by: explicit on Tue, 08 March 2011, 19:24:51

To quote Ripsters quick math: "65g for the Wireless Aluminum."

Title: Anyone know the actuation force of an apple aluminum scissor switch?
Post by: keyb_gr on Wed, 09 March 2011, 14:03:34

Should be similar to this then:
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=15978&stc=1&d=1299699976)
(From Cherry catalog.)

Peak forces up to about 80 cN or so have been sighted in the wild. That would be considered stiff on any regular keyswitch, but here the low travel means that actual work is kept down. Integrals FTW.

Things to criticize about scissor switches (actually a misnomer for a short-travel rubber dome with keycap stabilizer)? A bit of a hard landing there, and the scissor mechanism does not appreciate a lot of dirt before going on strike. Apple-specific: Stupid flat chiclet-style keys - "form follows fashion" rather than "form follows function".

Title: Anyone know the actuation force of an apple aluminum scissor switch?
Post by: Chobopants on Wed, 09 March 2011, 18:02:20

Quote from: keyb_gr;308640

Things to criticize about scissor switches (actually a misnomer for a short-travel rubber dome with keycap stabilizer)? A bit of a hard landing there, and the scissor mechanism does not appreciate a lot of dirt before going on strike. Apple-specific: Stupid flat chiclet-style keys - "form follows fashion" rather than "form follows function".

I've been typing on those chiclet guys for at least 2-3 years now. After getting my Filco Brown my fingers noticeably hurt when I type on my work keyboard. That Leopold Blue can't come soon enough. I'm seriously considering lugging my Filco to/from work each day it bothers me so much.

Title: Anyone know the actuation force of an apple aluminum scissor switch?
Post by: Culinia on Fri, 11 March 2011, 15:55:35

Quote from: ripster;308768

(img)Rock,paper,scissor

LOL I've never seen that before. That's the funniest thing I've seen all day.