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Title: Microcenter
Post by: obj-c on Sat, 12 March 2011, 12:22:01: Do any of you guys know if microcenter has any of their mechanical keyboards out for display? I really want to try out and see how Cherry blue/brown switches feel.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: TheRedComet on Sat, 12 March 2011, 12:24:12: Where do you live?

Microcenter & Fry's around LA have the Steelseries 6Gv2 & Black Widow regular on display to mess with.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: HaaTa on Sat, 12 March 2011, 13:29:59: I went to Microcenter in Santa Clara on Wednesday (or was it Tuesday...). And I didn't see any mech keyboards on display. I didn't seen any "gamer" input peripherals as well, so maybe I didn't look hard enough (short on time).
Title: Microcenter
Post by: Lpb45 on Sat, 12 March 2011, 14:45:02: I live 5 min from the microcenter in mayfield ohio and they have black widows on the shelf. they also have openings in the package where you can push the keys and see how they feel.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: Arc'xer on Sat, 12 March 2011, 15:22:58: Microcenters stock a number of mechanical keyboards depending on the location. On some of the PC enthusiast/hardware sites some people have posted running into them at the stores.

Razer BW, SS 6Gv2/7G, Adesso, Siig, Das, and possibly a few others as well. I think even a few cherry-branded ones as well sorta like at Newegg that sells cherry ML/MX.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: jpc on Sat, 12 March 2011, 16:13:04: The Cambridge Mass. Micro Center had some mech boards but all were shrink wrapped the last time I was there.

Their inventory can be checked on the website.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: victheslik on Sat, 12 March 2011, 17:19:39: -
Title: Microcenter
Post by: Wogrim on Sat, 12 March 2011, 18:14:24: Quote from: HaaTa;310571
I went to Microcenter in Santa Clara on Wednesday (or was it Tuesday...). And I didn't see any mech keyboards on display. I didn't seen any "gamer" input peripherals as well, so maybe I didn't look hard enough (short on time).

I was there like a week ago. The gaming PC stuff (steelseries, razer, etc) is in the gaming section, which you might not have noticed because it's mostly console stuff. I don't specifically remember seeing it but the blackwidow (maybe the ultimate?) was in their ad so it should have been in there somewhere. They have adessos in the regular keyboard section but I didn't see any on display.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: RebelExtrm02 on Sat, 12 March 2011, 18:31:37: I found and adesso at my local microcenter and just opened the package right there to try it out. They didn't have a display model and I felt they needed one haha.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: daageep on Sat, 12 March 2011, 20:03:29: The Microcenter in Tustin did not have any mechanical keyboards on display when I visited a few weeks ago.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: canon.tk on Sun, 13 March 2011, 13:07:59: The Kansas City (Overland Park) MC doesn't have mechanical keyboards on display.
Title: Microcenter
Post by: Pylon on Sun, 13 March 2011, 13:54:45: I told the staff in Cambridge, Mass about how people won't pay $150 for a Matias Tactile Pro unless they were out on display and allowed people to type on them, and they responded by letting me try it (they opened the box and let me typed on it). They said that they had issues with people stealing keyboards out on display, though later, they'll get some fold out trays or something for people to try the keyboards.

My local one has Tactile Pros, Adesso MKB-135Bs, and Black Widow Ultimates. Also at least one Micro Center stocked Unicomp Space Savers before, on open display.