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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: cribbit on Fri, 18 July 2014, 15:42:48

Title: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: cribbit on Fri, 18 July 2014, 15:42:48

Isn't 40% a 4x12 unit? 60% being Poker II (5x15), 75% being Race II (6x16). Poker X has the same layout as Poker II. I can't even figure out what the difference is between the X and the II.

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: intelli78 on Fri, 18 July 2014, 15:43:39

Poker X is a 60% keyboard just like the Poker II. The main difference is that Poker II has a plate, and slightly different function keys. Poker X is also discontinued.

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: FrostyToast on Fri, 18 July 2014, 15:53:31

I have seen several documentations where the Poker was misidentified as a 40% keyboard, it is in fact a 60%.

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: Lastpilot on Fri, 18 July 2014, 15:56:07

It is 60%

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: cribbit on Fri, 18 July 2014, 16:02:08

Okay, thanks, just making sure I wasn't going crazy. Everywhere I see it it's labeled as 40%. I guess it's understandable, since by area it's closer to 40% of a fullsize board than 60%.

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: cooldiscretion on Fri, 18 July 2014, 16:07:08

I believe I've seen some keyboards that were 60% referred to as 40% because they are 40% smaller then a traditional full-sized  keyboard - which is the same as saying 60%.

It sounds more correct to say 60% to me though.

Title: Re: How is the Poker X a 40% keyboard?
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 18 July 2014, 16:48:45

I think it's the difference of measuring by area vs. number of keys. The poker, you see has none of the spaces between keys like you get between the arrowkeys and navcluster.

Identifying by # of keys as a percentage seems to have become the norm now, though.