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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Backward_Pawn on Sun, 12 June 2011, 23:16:01
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Where can I get an inexpensive MX Blue keyboard for work? If I ask them to pay for it, they'll balk at $150 and if I buy it myself, I can't really afford another one that price at the moment. Also, are there any keyboards I should avoid?
I was thinking maybe the razer...is it good for just typing?
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You should get the razer one. I see it on sale at times for $60 at Fry's. They keycaps on the Razer are a little lighter than a Filco one but I do enjoy typing on them. I think it would be the best choice for you as they are pretty cheap.
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The g80-3000 on Provantage would be a good option.
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And that's more or less it. Is the sound of them not a problem?
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This is a problem I also currently struggle with. I'm using my own blank Filco brown tenkeyless at work and it's perfect, but that leaves a membrane board for me at home. Employer supplies a crappy membrane board and would pay for a new board, but if I went with features that I actually need, I'm pretty sure they'd feel like I'm making them pay for lulz even though that's not the case. Specifically, I need brown switches because blues are too noisy for the neighbors in open workspace. I need NKRO (or close) because my Caps->Ctrl layout makes most non-NKRO boards fail spectacularly. And I really want tenkeyless for ergonomics. Since I'm in Finland, asking for even two of these features means the board has to be self-imported.
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The G80-3000 is a decent keyboard with blues. I have one at work and a Filco at home, there's a significant difference between them. The Filco just feels smoother, there's a slight sticky-ness in the g80. I want to say it's because of the low profile keycaps on the Cherry board but I can't be certain.
But for the price it's a good keyboard. Haven't tried the Razer so I can comment on it.
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I think there are PLU M 87 with blue MX on ebay from "Aminglau". Its tenkeyless.
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well I wouldn't recommend blues for work in the first place...get browns instead.
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Adesso mech? Those can be had for around $65.
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At the moment I've got my own office...well, I share it with an intern. But I'll have to see how loud they are as the director of my division has an adjacent office.
Edit: I've actually got two divisional directors offices attached to mine, so I'm starting to rethink using blues.
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At the moment I've got my own office...well, I share it with an intern. But I'll have to see how loud they are as the director of my division has an adjacent office.
Edit: I've actually got two divisional directors offices attached to mine, so I'm starting to rethink using blues.
lol get browns or get fired, ha the 2 directors will talk and go, whose that annoying keyboard typer is it you? no? it's that guy Backward_Pawn isn't it? yea i think it is... type to put in a "solution".
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TVS Gold if you can get one. Cheapest blue on earth
http://chennai.locanto.in/ID_116906338/TVS-GOLD-Keyboard-for-SALE.html (http://chennai.locanto.in/ID_116906338/TVS-GOLD-Keyboard-for-SALE.html)
14$ :-)
TVS GOLD Keyboard for SALE
Ivory Color - 3 years old
Gently handled - Excellent in condition
With male / female connector - ps2 / USB connector
Rs. 600 (No bargain / No negotiation / Fixed Price)
"Sindhanai" Sivakkumaar
Cell : 89395 42240
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That is a good price, but I think I'll pass on it since I enjoy being employed. Lanx isn't too far off since one of the directors is in the chain of command above my boss.