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Title: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: missalaire on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:32:27
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/04/asus-rog-armor-keyboard-gaming/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:34:12
So everyone is going to come out with a mechanical keyboard now?

How long before DELL starts shipping mechanicals standard on 'gaming' systems??
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:35:23
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/04/asus-rog-armor-keyboard-gaming/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

I really hope this is fully mechanical.. those lower profile keys have me worried..
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:35:42
So everyone is going to come out with a mechanical keyboard now?

How long before DELL starts shipping mechanicals standard on 'gaming' systems??

probably alien ware keyboard
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: alaricljs on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:36:23
Also, the low-pro keys surrounding the inverted-T arrows... really?
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: wetto on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:51:21
Who's next? G.Skill? (ow sh--)

Then Asrock? Biostar? XFX? Zotac? eVGA? Nvidia itself? Intel? AMD?

Bloody ***gots couldn't even show us the size of the Windows key...  :(
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: tjcaustin on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:52:40
"Ultra responsive" bro
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: keymaster on Mon, 03 June 2013, 23:57:18
As one of the comments on that page pointed out:
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Good to see more mechanical keyboards brands entering the market. Hopefully this would drive down it's really high cost in the future.

While these keyboards may not be interesting to keyboard enthusiasts, it will benefit us all in the long-run.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 04 June 2013, 00:02:09
As one of the comments on that page pointed out:
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Good to see more mechanical keyboards brands entering the market. Hopefully this would drive down it's really high cost in the future.

While these keyboards may not be interesting to keyboard enthusiasts, it will benefit us all in the long-run.

They will just buy up all the switches! :(
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: calavera on Tue, 04 June 2013, 00:10:13
I welcome new mech keyboards. I don't really care about them but I welcome them. :)
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: daerid on Tue, 04 June 2013, 00:12:45
God damnit why do they have to go ruin a perfectly good mech board with left-side macro keys?
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: Reomero on Tue, 04 June 2013, 01:04:47
Looks like a Logitech to me.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: Lbeuol on Tue, 04 June 2013, 02:39:03
Those wrist rests seem to get bigger and bigger with each "gamer" edition.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: davkol on Tue, 04 June 2013, 02:54:21
As one of the comments on that page pointed out:
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Good to see more mechanical keyboards brands entering the market. Hopefully this would drive down it's really high cost in the future.

While these keyboards may not be interesting to keyboard enthusiasts, it will benefit us all in the long-run.

I'm not convinced about this. Gaming companies rarely do any significant R&D, and going mainstream also means cutting costs.

That being said, I'd love to see some competition for the Razer Orbweaver. If e.g. CM Storm make an ergodox-based gaming keyboard, things may eventually get interesting.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: Glod on Tue, 04 June 2013, 03:08:13
iOne remains busy it looks like lol
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: rootwyrm on Tue, 04 June 2013, 05:09:28
iOne remains busy it looks like lol

Yeah. Asus is rebranding an iOne. Lesson one about Asus: they don't care about quality or anything of that. They sell exclusively to people stupid enough to believe their bull**** and hype about gold plated connectors and how they promise they won't screw them THIS time it breaks after a month.
So what you get to look forward to if you buy one of these is that it will either be broken out of the box or within a month. Asus will tell you to go pound yourself when you want a warranty replacement. You'll regret not buying it from Amazon who would make it right (no, seriously, they just did for me on my QFR - the BS and out of pocket abuse is WAY past what keeping it is worth) as Asus promises you the sun and delivers fecal matter in your mouth six weeks late. Every. Single. Time.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: kaiserreich on Tue, 04 June 2013, 11:43:21
So everyone is going to come out with a mechanical keyboard now?

How long before DELL starts shipping mechanicals standard on 'gaming' systems??

But you see, they were shipping mechanicals as standard before.
The icky AT101w
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: pexon on Tue, 04 June 2013, 11:55:31
inb4 MX reds cus gaymen
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 04 June 2013, 11:58:15
So many horrible, horrible keyboards at computex.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: pexon on Tue, 04 June 2013, 12:00:38
They appeal to the standard gamer who likes UV, plays CoD etc.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 04 June 2013, 12:05:24
They appeal to the standard gamer who likes UV, plays CoD etc.
Yeah.. I probably would've bought these about a year ago. Now? No chance.
Title: Re: ASUS teases upcoming mechanical ROG 'Armor Keyboard' for gamers
Post by: pexon on Tue, 04 June 2013, 12:12:10
I have never liked this type of stuff and never will, I much prefer a sleeker, cleaner product.