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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ashort on Mon, 16 June 2008, 21:38:18

Title: The new DAS reviewed on Giz
Post by: ashort on Mon, 16 June 2008, 21:38:18

http://gizmodo.com/5016763/lightning-review-the-clicky-das-keyboard-professional

Always love reading the comments.  "for that price I could buy 10 keyboards!" there are some people on there with a clue, but just as many who feel that $10 is plenty to pay for a keyboard.

Title: The new DAS reviewed on Giz
Post by: Ulysses31 on Mon, 16 June 2008, 21:48:34

Ah, the idiot consumer in his natural habitat; writing their worthless opinions on various review sites >_<.  "For that much money it should have a backlight..." *slaps head*.

Title: The new DAS reviewed on Giz
Post by: bhtooefr on Mon, 16 June 2008, 23:53:49

I VERY nearly replied to this thread (and did comment on the Ars Technica article on the Das III Pro) that that IS overpriced for what you get.

But I missed that it's N-key rollover.

Title: The new DAS reviewed on Giz
Post by: Waves77 on Tue, 17 June 2008, 00:40:10

Quote from: bhtooefr;5644

I VERY nearly replied to this thread (and did comment on the Ars Technica article on the Das III Pro) that that IS overpriced for what you get.

I used to think the same thing, until I actually got my hands on a blue cherry board - these switches rock! There's just not a board out there that's available in the US, except for the Scorpius M10, and you can read my less than fortunate experience with one of those here in the forum.

If I'm still on time to get one for $99 after I get a refund for the Scorpius, I will definitely get it and feel it's worth it. But there's no denying there's a bit of hype and marketing involved in the Das price tag.