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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: DamienG on Wed, 30 January 2013, 01:56:14
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Has anyone else tried the Surface Type keyboard?
Not to be confused with the Surface Touch keyboard that is just a pressure mat, the Type keyboard uses scissor switches.
I don't know what's different about it but it's definitely the best scissor switch keyboard I've used. The keys themselves feel nice but the main thing is that it requires a bit more force than the various laptops I've used and snaps quite nicely for each key.
Anyone else tried it?
[)amien
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Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Got to spend some time on one at the local Best Buy. It's actually really, really good. Definitely picking one up when I get my Surface Pro.
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All you need to know about the Surface Touch keyboard in just two sentences:
My gods, they tried to copy classic ThinkPad! And they got really close!
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My god, I hate that pressure mat.
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All you need to know about the Surface Touch keyboard in just two sentences:
My gods, they tried to copy classic ThinkPad! And they got really close!
I thought that "new" ibm "chiclet" was suppose to be better?
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My god, I hate that pressure mat.
Reminds me of those roll up keyboards that you can get from Xoxide.com.
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The Surface Touch Cover is a complete and utter POS.
The Surface Type Cover is a joy to type on. One of the best low-profile typing experiences I've ever had.
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The Surface Touch Cover is a complete and utter POS.
The Surface Type Cover is a joy to type on. One of the best low-profile typing experiences I've ever had.
Whoops, sorry. Yes, I meant Type not Touch. Touch is the crap pressure mat one, Type is the scissor switch. I keep mixing them up.
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I tried using the Surface Touch cover in the store and it registered like 40% of my key presses. :mad:
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Let's keep the conversation as per the subject - the awesome Type keyboard. Not the awful Touch.
[)amien
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Definitely will go with the type keyboard. I'll be ordering a Surface Pro hopefully day one (Feb 9) with the type cover. I even made a list of accessories I'll be ordering from Amazon when it's time. The Surface Pro will be a perfect fit for my use. Can't wait to get it.
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^^^^ same here. It's actually more powerful than the dev machines at my office, so I'm going to be moving all my work over to it when I get mine :)
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Playing with my Surface Pro all weekend! The keyboard came today though. I must say the Type Cover is the best feeling laptop/slim keyboard I've ever tried. Very mechanical feel to it with a nice feedback. I wish all laptop computers had a keyboard this good. If they could add backlighting, it would be perfect.
Surface Pro works great. I installed Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, full Office 2010 and it runs fast. I find using a combination of the touch screen and touch pad works good for me since the touch pad is somewhat small, but gestures do work good on it.
I can expand this out into full computer. I have an external slim monitor (HP 22" 1920x1080) using the displayport. I have a 64gb microSDXC card for extra storage, USB 3.0 four port hub, USB card reader, mouse, external hard drive (1TB), and extra cables.
I'm looking at getting a slim backlit keyboard for traveling as well.
The screen is crisp and bright and all touch gestures work good on it although I find Windows Phone 8 tile movements are easier than Windows 8. Battery life is about 4-5 hours which isn't great but for such a small package, I'm satisfied with it. I also purchased an extra charger to keep handy at home.
This is the 128gb version which I purchases right after midnight, so I lucked out before they sold out the initial stock. It had 89.5gb free when I first booted up. Now have about 58gb free with a lot of software on it. My microSDXC card had about 30gb left on it as well.
This is the first computer I ever had (beside building one from scratch) that had no additional software/bloatware added. Good show for Microsoft on this. Too bad HP, Dell, etc can't figure this one out.
I love the form factor, and will probably pick up a used RT for home use and keep the Pro for traveling. I purchased both a sleeve and a laptop case. The sleeve holds the Pro and power supply. The sleeve then slips into the laptop case which holds everything else. That way I can choose to travel light if I want.
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^^^^ same here. It's actually more powerful than the dev machines at my office, so I'm going to be moving all my work over to it when I get mine :)
... if a Surface Pro is more powerful than your dev machines, your IT department deserves a savage beating followed up with being consigned to a Packard Bell with the original keyboard for the rest of their lives.