I use a Toshiba satellite laptop (Never buy one) And the keyboard on here is pretty **** feeling to be honest. I mean I would prefer a decent membrane to this.My least favorite of all the different laptop keyboards I've ever tried (several thousand laptops I've typed on) are the cheap keyboards toshiba uses in their lower-end laptops, the satellite pro among them.
Of all the laptop manufacturers, I much prefer Fujitsu's scissor keyboards, from two generations back. (from the lifebook T2010/4210/4220/5010 and 900).
Logitech's has a scissor switch they named PerfectStroke (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/articles/5912) which has 3.2 mm key travel. Compare that to Alps which has 3.5 mm key travel. PerfectStroke is found in the DiNovo Edge and in some (but not all) of the Logitech Illuminated (K800, K740), and in some more... but I think that most of them are discontinued now.
Has anybody tried any of those listed keyboards?I neglected to say that I have used the DiNovo Edge a bit. I quite liked it, except for the flatness that almost all scissor switch keyboards have.
In my experience they often have a better click feeling than membrane keyboards.There is no such thing as "click feeling". Click is sound! Learn that!
What you guys think about scissor switch keyboards?
I find some models very pleasant to type on. Maybe equal or sometimes better than linear switches.
Obviously they are not better than clicky switches, but they are 10 times better than most regular membranes. Gosh, I hate that mushyness. Scissors are pretty solid in comparation.
Just bellow old IBM thinkpads, this is my scissor best.
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Plated. A bit noisy after 2 years of usage.
Now used by a colleague, on a Mac development machine :)
I actually really like scissor switch keyboards (at least, some of them).
Older thinkpads are awesome, even cheap scissor switch keyboards have the advantage of being quite thin so you can get them closer to your lap.
I really liked the Logitech K750 before I had a mechanical keyboard. I've still got a spare NIB one :Dare you refering to the solar Logitech keyboard right?
I actually really like scissor switch keyboards (at least, some of them).
Older thinkpads are awesome, even cheap scissor switch keyboards have the advantage of being quite thin so you can get them closer to your lap.I really liked the Logitech K750 before I had a mechanical keyboard. I've still got a spare NIB one :Dare you refering to the solar Logitech keyboard right?
same here, loved it, wireless, huge battery life that could last for months
however i do agree with some of you guys, travel is too short
typing on my Macbook Air is a real pain in comparison of mechanical switch
In Adobe Illustrator class, we use these keyboards:I have the apple wireless keyboard and I'm getting my topre soon. I'll let you know if they are similar.Show Image(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1187/1119450088_b54e80b359_o.jpg)
The build quality is real good, aluminum. The keys felt crisp, smooth and bouncy and a little tactile, almost like popping bubblewrap. I actually was thinking "Maybe this is how a topre feels like." Though, I hope topres feel better considering their horrible price.
In Adobe Illustrator class, we use these keyboards:I have the apple wireless keyboard and I'm getting my topre soon. I'll let you know if they are similar.Show Image(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1187/1119450088_b54e80b359_o.jpg)
The build quality is real good, aluminum. The keys felt crisp, smooth and bouncy and a little tactile, almost like popping bubblewrap. I actually was thinking "Maybe this is how a topre feels like." Though, I hope topres feel better considering their horrible price.
Logitech's has a scissor switch they named PerfectStroke (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/articles/5912) which has 3.2 mm key travel. Compare that to Alps which has 3.5 mm key travel. PerfectStroke is found in the DiNovo Edge and in some (but not all) of the Logitech Illuminated (K800, K740), and in some more... but I think that most of them are discontinued now.
From what I can tell, Logitech has quite the large lineup of Scissor Switch Keyboards with PerfectStroke switches.
That's what it looks like on their website.
Has anybody tried any of those listed keyboards?
Logitech's has a scissor switch they named PerfectStroke (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/articles/5912) which has 3.2 mm key travel. Compare that to Alps which has 3.5 mm key travel. PerfectStroke is found in the DiNovo Edge and in some (but not all) of the Logitech Illuminated (K800, K740), and in some more... but I think that most of them are discontinued now.
From what I can tell, Logitech has quite the large lineup of Scissor Switch Keyboards with PerfectStroke switches.
That's what it looks like on their website.
Has anybody tried any of those listed keyboards?
Yeah my cousin owns the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, it's one of the best non-mechanical keyboard around and I really liked it. On the other hand, I also really like Topre short throw and Cherry ML switches.
Too bad they were designed to be compact so all the keyboards that uses those switch have smaller than usual key spacing and keycap size. Which I find a little bit uncomfortable to use. I hope they make a proper sizing keyboard with those switches.
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In Adobe Illustrator class, we use these keyboards:Show Image(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1187/1119450088_b54e80b359_o.jpg)
The build quality is real good, aluminum. The keys felt crisp, smooth and bouncy and a little tactile, almost like popping bubblewrap. I actually was thinking "Maybe this is how a topre feels like." Though, I hope topres feel better considering their horrible price.
In Adobe Illustrator class, we use these keyboards:Show Image(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1187/1119450088_b54e80b359_o.jpg)
The build quality is real good, aluminum. The keys felt crisp, smooth and bouncy and a little tactile, almost like popping bubblewrap. I actually was thinking "Maybe this is how a topre feels like." Though, I hope topres feel better considering their horrible price.
Give me mushy rubber domes over those Apple keyboards any day. I had them at work in undergrad and if I had to do any work with them that day, I'd walk away with hurting fingertips.