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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: phormality on Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:00:37
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I hope this isn't too much of a noobie question, but I don't have nearly the number of keyboards as many of you.
I have a Das Keyboard Professional at work and have been using it for about a month or so. I ordered the Das Keyboard for Mac to use at home and it just showed up about 30 minutes ago.
I hooked it up and started typing. It feels like the keys on this keyboard are much more stiff than the keys at work. I would have thought Cherry MX Blue switches would be the same no matter what board they were on... especially two different boards form the same company. Is it normal for them to feel a little different from keyboard to keyboard or model to model?
I suppose it could be in my head since i haven't used my Das at work for a couple days and have been on the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and a laptop (both with scissor switches), but I don't think that's the case. I assume I will adapt to it fairly quickly, but it just strikes me as odd.
Unrelated:
Does anyone know of a way to swap how the Function keys work on this thing? On the Apple keyboard you can check a box in the system prefs to use the standard F-keys or the special functions (mission control, dashboard, volume, iTunes, etc)... the Fn key then toggles to other other key function. The Das Keyboard has a lot of the same functions, but there is no way to tell it to use those by default vs the standard F-keys so I need to hold down "Fn" for each use. The actual F-keys on the Mac are fairly useless. They used to do similar things with volume and all that, but with a different mapping than the icons Apple added. Now it seems the only standard F-key controls that are left are F11 and F12 (show desktop and Dashboard)... volume and iTunes controls are what I really use a lot so not having to hold down Fn to each use would be really nice.
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Welcome to GH! The reason why your new das feel different is because new MX blue switches are a little stiff at first untill you break them in.
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Cool, thanks. I wouldn't have thought I did that much break-in yet at work, but maybe I type more than I realize. And of course when I first got the thing I think I typed 5+ pages of randomness just for fun.
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Cool, thanks. I wouldn't have thought I did that much break-in yet at work, but maybe I type more than I realize. And of course when I first got the thing I think I typed 5+ pages of randomness just for fun.
It normally takes a little while. Remember even if your das isn't broken in fully it will be still be more than a NIB.
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It normally takes a little while. Remember even if your das isn't broken in fully it will be still be more than a NIB.
Not fully broken in is heavier than NIB?