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Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 21 August 2008, 19:30:33
What's the cheapest keyboard I can get that has blue cherry switches?  I don't want any eBay links, because I need some time to amass funds.   I don't care what the form-factor is but it has to be PS/2, USB, or AT.  No ADB because I don't have an iMate and I heard they don't work very well on a non-Mac machine.  -zwmalone
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: iMav on Thu, 21 August 2008, 19:46:03
Quote from: zwmalone;7699
What's the cheapest keyboard I can get that has blue cherry switches?  I don't want any eBay links, because I need some time to amass funds.   I don't care what the form-factor is but it has to be PS/2, USB, or AT.  No ADB because I don't have an iMate and I heard they don't work very well on a non-Mac machine.  -zwmalone


Check it (http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=14078)
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 21 August 2008, 19:47:51
Awesome thanks iMav, just my pricerange too!
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: bhtooefr on Thu, 21 August 2008, 19:49:37
Although, be sure to search on this forum about that keyboard.

I considered getting one to try out Cherry blues, until I read about the problems with it...
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: Waves77 on Thu, 21 August 2008, 21:53:01
Quote from: iMav;7700
Check it (http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=14078)


Keep in mind that several people here (me included) and elsewhere (check Amazon reviews) have had problems with this board.

AFAIK, the only confirmed available one in the US is the Das...
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 21 August 2008, 22:00:51
2 questions:

1) from what I can gather, the white cherry MXs are "soft tactile",  how much tactility can I expect out of the blues?

2) how much would it cost to purchase enough blue switches for one 'board?
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: Waves77 on Thu, 21 August 2008, 22:18:02
Quote from: zwmalone;7708

1) from what I can gather, the white cherry MXs are "soft tactile",  how much tactility can I expect out of the blues?


The blues are quite tactile. I would say, think of them as a light BS (model M) - less loud, less resistant, but still quite "clicky".
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: xsphat on Thu, 21 August 2008, 23:16:42
If they say MEI on them what makes you say they are Cherry switches? They don't appear to be shaped the same with the exception of the plunger.
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 21 August 2008, 23:36:33
Quote from: xsphat;7710
If they say MEI on them what makes you say they are Cherry switches? They don't appear to be shaped the same with the exception of the plunger.


1)  The Desk Model of this same keyboard uses cherry MLs and I have no reason to believe these wouldn't use cherry switches albeit in an 'unbranded' or 'custom solution'

2) The body of the switch is remarkably similar as far as I can tell, as is the plunger.

3) I found no reference to an MEI company that manufactured switches on the internet, leading me to believe these are a 'custom solution' (SEE POINT 1 FOR FURTHER INFO)

4) an educated guess as well as having (what I feel is) the same feel as the cherry MX white switches, it has forced me to make believe that these are switches made by Cherry for this keyboard or are just custom branded Cherry MXs.
Title: Cheap Cherry Blue boards
Post by: vils on Sat, 23 August 2008, 16:29:30
Not very cheap but... magnificent:
http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=sv&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://item.rakuten.co.jp/filco/10000204/&usg=ALkJrhh7mM6vnh7vDcYwqBP1RVON152P8Q (http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=sv&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://item.rakuten.co.jp/filco/10000204/&usg=ALkJrhh7mM6vnh7vDcYwqBP1RVON152P8Q)

/Vils