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Title: Just Bought ANOTHER M4
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 19 July 2009, 19:59:49

The inferior quality issue is supposedly to do with how the keys feel. Apparently they are quite loose compared with those of a Lexmark-made one.

It's weird to see a real picture of one. Unicomp's picture of the trackpoint-less Mighty Mouse seems to be a crudely photoshopped version of their M4-1 equivalent -

(http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pckeyboards_2049_2213008)

You can see that the mouse buttons are half-there, and the keyboard has trackpoint GHB keys without the trackpoint... Either it's a picture of a prototype model, or someone in Unicomp went out of their way to edit a picture that ended up looking much worse than if they had just got a camera and photographed the real thing :P

Title: Just Bought ANOTHER M4
Post by: Mercen_505 on Mon, 20 July 2009, 08:19:10

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The inferior quality issue is supposedly to do with how the keys feel. Apparently they are quite loose compared with those of a Lexmark-made one.

In my case, that's true. I have a Lexmark made M4 that has sturdier and quieter keys. The Unicomp made M4-1 is significantly louder, and the keys wobble in their seatings. I've taken some pics to illustrate this, but haven't had the time to crop/rescale them all.

Title: Just Bought ANOTHER M4
Post by: Manyak on Mon, 20 July 2009, 12:32:05

Wow, you finally found one!

I'm calling them up right now :)

Title: Just Bought ANOTHER M4
Post by: Manyak on Mon, 20 July 2009, 13:07:29

Quote from: ripster;103443

Let me know what Unicomp says.  I was gonna call today too but no need for both of us to.

If you get a chance ask Chuck if he knows whether IBM Model M and/or Customizers are made of ABS plastic.

Too late :(

I talked to Jim, he said he had no idea about straight detachable cables.

Maybe you'll have better luck with Chuck.