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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: squarebox on Wed, 07 December 2011, 17:21:31

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: squarebox on Wed, 07 December 2011, 17:21:31

Optimus Popularis
(http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/popularis/optimus-popularis-dot.jpg)

Optimus Aux
(http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/aux/optimus-aux-front.jpg)

Optimus Mini Six
(http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/mini-six/optimus-mini-six-options.jpg)

Insanely priced cool keyboards.
Popularis @ USD$1086
Aux @ USD$534
Mini Six @ USD$374

Demand Gorilla glass for durability?

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: whiskerBox on Wed, 07 December 2011, 17:23:23

The popularis is the coolest one yet, but its not available til june 2012

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: Kisakuku on Wed, 07 December 2011, 17:27:45

In Soviet Russia, keyboard displays you.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: demik on Wed, 07 December 2011, 18:33:07

i like the mini six.

but at 300+, i dont think so.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 07 December 2011, 18:35:12

Yeah I wanted the mini 6 too, but it's a tad much I would have dropped $200 for it.

Optimus Aux is nice too but the keys are low quality keys compared to Mini Six and Popularis

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: digitalleftovers on Wed, 07 December 2011, 18:52:30

The popularis concept came out a while ago.  June 2012???  Still cool I guess.  If it were easier to hold it could be the coolest htpc keyboard ever.  

The mini six seems almost useless.  Key shortcuts? Maybe?  Geek-cred is probably the biggest draw.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: squarebox on Wed, 07 December 2011, 19:34:55

I like the Mini Six so much but I'd rather spend the money on Topre.
But the geek-cred tempt me like mad.

Edit :  Geekhack should do a custom "programmable" keypad like the phantom.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: whiskerBox on Wed, 07 December 2011, 19:37:30

I don't know why you would get a mini six at $300 when you could get the popularis for $1000

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 08 December 2011, 02:49:32

Don't these use cherry my or something terrible like that?

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 08 December 2011, 10:41:52

The Optimus Maximus used ML switch, not sure what these are using, but it looks to be similar to the chiclet  / scissor type to me. http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/popularis/

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Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: pitashen on Thu, 08 December 2011, 11:56:04

Quote from: lysol;466472

The Optimus Maximus used ML switch, not sure what these are using, but it looks to be similar to the chiclet  / scissor type to me. http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/popularis/

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I remember one of the maximus reviews I have watched stating that it uses MX Brown and apparently a wrong choice for heavy keys maximus have.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: Ekaros on Thu, 08 December 2011, 12:03:19

Maximus and Aux are ML with interface for lcd.

New ones look like rubberdomes...
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/mini-six/process/

Atleast I guess so with the cut-diagram.

Title: Art. Lebedev Studios keyboards
Post by: pitashen on Thu, 08 December 2011, 12:18:04

Quote from: Ekaros;466525

Maximus and Aux are ML with interface for lcd.

New ones look like rubberdomes...
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/mini-six/process/

Atleast I guess so with the cut-diagram.

AH..ok