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Title: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Fragil1ty on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:38:00
So as the title implies, how do you move on from old boards to new boards?

Maybe your old board has broken and you don't want to get the same board twice, so you buy something new and different. Maybe you just thought it was time for a change and with that being said, you go out and buy a new board that you've had your eye on for quite some time.

But yeah, how do you move on from old boards that you have used for a long time, personally, I'm having a fair bit of difficulty in doing so, I have to force myself to not go back to my old board and so on, it's a constant struggle, lol.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: demik on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:42:39
i plug it in
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:43:42
i plug it in

+1
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: digi on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:44:16
i plug it in

rekt
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: epzy on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:44:31
i plug it in

+1

+2
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:44:46
I keep it fresh and swap out a new board every few weeks at my one computer. At the other one (for "work") I keep the same keyboard on it. That way I can have the feel of my favourite as well as the novelty of a new keyboard.

Nowadays I swap between cherry / topre boards and keep something IBM for "work".
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: HPE1000 on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:45:04
i plug it in

+1

+2
+3
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:45:33
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

i plug it in

+1

+2
+3

+4
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Touch_It on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:47:57
Move on when one breaks or I find cheap or free vintage boards.  Vintage is the way to go imo. The exception being unicomp.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:48:35
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Fragil1ty on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:49:08
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

i plug it in

+1

+2
+3

+4


I bought a new board because my old board has/had chattering issues and what not, so therefore, I did not want to have a chattering keyboard, but then I somewhat fixed it with a thorough cleaning + compressed air and the issue seems to have subsided, ;_;


fml.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: slickmamba on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:49:56
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
=15


...

Am I doing this right?
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:50:40
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
=15


...

Am I doing this right?

+16
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: HPE1000 on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:51:08
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
=15


...

Am I doing this right?
Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: demik on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:54:04
a keyboard doesn't break, it just becomes a donor board.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: epzy on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:54:10
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
=15


...

Am I doing this right?
Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man

ask demik, he's the genius
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: demik on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:55:15
If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.
On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.
i plug it in
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
=15


...

Am I doing this right?
Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man

ask demik, he's the genius

flawless genius*
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Sent on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:58:29
There's too much math in this thread.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 14 October 2014, 21:59:25
So far I haven't had to move on because I've just repaired my daily driver board and hope it continues being useful for years to come.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:02:36
There's too much math in this thread.

+1
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: demik on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:06:39
There's too much math in this thread.

+1

+68
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:07:30
There's too much math in this thread.

+1

+68

70?
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: demik on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:08:35
There's too much math in this thread.

+1

+68

70?

wrong answer.

kmiller8
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:09:22
There's too much math in this thread.

+1

+68

70?

wrong answer.

kmiller8

gaymiller8****s?
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Tony on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:29:28
Mathematicians please stop. This is a keyboard thread.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Lurch on Tue, 14 October 2014, 22:31:32
very carefully
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Aer Fixus on Wed, 15 October 2014, 00:28:32
If my Kishsaver broke, I wouldn't worry about it too much because the nuclear blast probably killed me too.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: ComradeSniper on Wed, 15 October 2014, 00:40:40
I switch keyboards almost every week, it keeps things interesting.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 15 October 2014, 01:05:42
All of my keyboards still work, except the Trigger that I bought as broken.

I just swap between them routinely, whenever I feel like a change.  Or, in the case of the Model M, when I feel that I can get away with the extra noise.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: jacobolus on Wed, 15 October 2014, 01:16:55
So as the title implies, how do you move on from old boards to new boards?
Impossible. New boards all suck.

The only solution is to move from old boards to even older boards.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: henz on Wed, 15 October 2014, 01:42:22
Sell the old, problem solved :)
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Sent on Wed, 15 October 2014, 01:46:05
I actually have the opposite problem.  I always want newer boards and then tend to forget about my older ones.  Eventually, they just get neglected and collect dust on a shelf. :-X
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Rebral on Wed, 15 October 2014, 02:30:44
All of my boards work and I usually switch between them.
As much as I love clears, I still miss hearing beautiful clicky clicks.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: Rebral on Wed, 15 October 2014, 02:30:55
All of my boards work and I usually switch between them.
As much as I love clears, I still miss hearing beautiful clicky clicks.

EDIT: Interwebs pooped and caused me to double post. gg :blank:
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: frosty on Wed, 15 October 2014, 05:00:09
I would sit down with both boards, and I will tell the older board:

"Bae, it's time for a new bae to take over. I'll miss you a lot. It's not that you aren't good, but this one is better, we click and the synergy between us is much better than our synergy... I hope you find a better boyfriend/girlfriend (owner), wish you good luck in your future endeavors"

and list in on the classifieds. LOL

On a more serious note, I find no problems when moving from board to board. Only when moving from switch to switch will I meet some problems.
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: terrpn on Wed, 15 October 2014, 11:58:56
whats a new board?
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: cinnamonrollz on Fri, 17 October 2014, 18:42:59
MODEL M MUSTARD RACE
Title: Re: Moving on from old boards to new.
Post by: johndavis33 on Sun, 19 October 2014, 13:31:41
I switch keyboards almost every week, it keeps things interesting.

+ 0!

Never commit yourself to one board. Sew your wild keyboard oats.