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Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: xsphat on Tue, 11 November 2008, 14:16:23: Check it (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/das-keyboard-professional-hits-us-retail-stores/)
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: wellington1869 on Tue, 11 November 2008, 14:18:53: Wow, thats going to boost sales, n-key rollover problem be damned. Although as far as I know J&R only has one brick and mortar outlet. Microcenter isnt a chain either, is it? They need to get these boards into Best Buy and Staples. (Now that circuit city and comp usa have bit the dust).
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: skriefal on Wed, 12 November 2008, 00:28:21: Microcenter has one or two dozen stores across the country. None here in Utah, unfortunately. If only there were a Microcenter or Fry's within reasonable driving distance...
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: iMav on Wed, 12 November 2008, 02:49:50: Quote from: skriefal;10805
Microcenter has one or two dozen stores across the country. None here in Utah, unfortunately. If only there were a Microcenter or Fry's within reasonable driving distance...

I don't think I've ever been in either store. It would be nice to have one around though.
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: bigpook on Wed, 12 November 2008, 03:10:24: When I lived in Phoenix there were 2 Fry's Electronics stores. It was a great place to check out stuff. While the pricing was not so good, at least compared to newegg, you could physically get what you wanted without the wait.
I can remember more than once making an emergency drive to Fry's ... those were the days.
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: bhtooefr on Wed, 12 November 2008, 17:04:29: There's a Micro Center not too too far away from here... it's the place where I've gotten my hands on a Fujitsu U810, and decided it wasn't for me - partially because of the CPU, partially because of the keyboard. (The U820 is out now, and has a better keyboard, but it also has a higher resolution screen. Even I, with my resolution **** ways, might find it too much - 1280x800 @ 5.6".)
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: xsphat on Thu, 13 November 2008, 01:49:55: All we have here is a Best Buy, and that place is a membrane hell.
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: bhtooefr on Thu, 13 November 2008, 05:28:20: Goodwill usually has a selection of keyboards with something other than rubber domes... ;)
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: xsphat on Thu, 13 November 2008, 13:16:53: Do you guys who have good luck at Goodwill live in huge cities? I live in an area with a population of just under 100,000 and I've never seen a keyboard at Goodwill.
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: lexicon on Thu, 13 November 2008, 13:58:00: Quote from: bhtooefr;10933
Goodwill usually has a selection of keyboards with something other than rubber domes... ;)

I live not too far from Newark, OH. What Goodwills do you frequent? Even at the one in the OSU campus area 99% of the keyboards are cheap crap.
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: bhtooefr on Thu, 13 November 2008, 19:03:33: The two in Newark (one on 21st St., across the street from Rally's, and the other on Union St.,) although I guess the selection has been getting worse over time, but there's usually at least one ancient Alps keyboard between the two even on the bad days...
Title: Places to check out a Das III in person
Post by: bhtooefr on Sun, 23 November 2008, 14:53:22: Interestingly, I went to my closest Micro Center today, and they didn't even have a place for them. (But, they used to... interesting.)