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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: Roshambo on Fri, 13 June 2014, 03:06:05
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So I've been using a G110 for a couple years now. Mostly for gaming. Hardly use any of this extra **** on here. So I decided I wanted to get a new keyboard. My brother has a blackwidow and I liked the way it type's better than this thing. However, I was looking for something smaller. I saw a guy's Leopold f200 on reddit somewhere with cream/green keys, and loved it. So I went on a hunt. Which led me here. Holy ****, I didn't know things could get so serious w/ keyboards. A bit overwhelming to be honest. But I'm excited to go down this road. Wasn't sure where to start, but I have a cherry mx/oring sampler kit coming. It should be here tomorrow. Curious about the topre stuff though also. Is there anywhere I could try that out? Or is there a tester kit I can get for that also? I really like the look of the Noppoo choc mini 84. Not sure if I want it in black. I know I can replace the keys easy enough. But what about the case? Are there any other's that are compact like this that I should look into? I would prefer them to still have the function keys because I play some mmo's(WildStar currently) and I like to bind keys to those as well. I've been lurking here for a few days now and you all seem to have a great community that I'm excited to join. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Programmable keyboards and HHKB have function + number keys mapped to the function row~
There are plenty ways around needing the +60% keys and still being able to use a 60% board.
Poker is nice.
For topre? Type heaven is 120 on elitekeyboards.com at the moment. It's topre. Not sure if there is a topre switch tester floating around..
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Welcome to the community then! :)
I think the easiest way to try out topre is to buy a topre board, a key ring with a topre switch costs almost as much as regular decent membrane keyboard.
But if you're interested compact keyboard AND trying out topre, may I recommend buying an HHKB Pro 2 - It might be expensive but why not start at endgame.
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Programmable keyboards and HHKB have function + number keys mapped to the function row~
There are plenty ways around needing the +60% keys and still being able to use a 60% board.
Poker is nice.
For topre? Type heaven is 120 on elitekeyboards.com at the moment. It's topre. Not sure if there is a topre switch tester floating around..
I don't need the keyboard itself to be programmable. I can just bind what I need to those keys in game.
Welcome to the community then! :)
I think the easiest way to try out topre is to buy a topre board, a key ring with a topre switch costs almost as much as regular decent membrane keyboard.
But if you're interested compact keyboard AND trying out topre, may I recommend buying an HHKB Pro 2 - It might be expensive but why not start at endgame.
I like your thinking.