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Title: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Novus on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:09:36
What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Break it down if you have to. In terms of unit cost, r&d and tooling?
Don't say the box either - this isn't perfume.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: paicrai on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:10:31
definitely the hype/clacks
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: azhdar on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:16:17
Depends a lot on the parts you choose, but I'd say

CASE>PLATE>Keycaps>Switches>PCB
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: bueller on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:17:29
Yeah totalling up the parts on both my customs and the case is about 50% of the price on both. For stock boards I'm really not sure but I can't imagine R&D for a PCB would be cheap.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: demik on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:18:10
shipping
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Mandolin on Thu, 05 February 2015, 03:05:00
Marketing costs.
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Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: jabbon on Thu, 05 February 2015, 03:10:18
case and keycaps.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: pasph on Thu, 05 February 2015, 03:11:26
R&D + Advertising
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Cottonsox on Thu, 05 February 2015, 03:16:51
Quote from: the1onewolf on Thu, 05 February 2015, 02:09:36
What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Break it down if you have to. In terms of unit cost, r&d and tooling?
Don't say the box either - this isn't perfume.

The next keyboard.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 05 February 2015, 15:06:52
Assembly. Even on mass-produced keyboards some of it is done manually.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Touch_It on Thu, 05 February 2015, 15:22:51
My vote is for rarity.  But I'm a sucker for vintage keyboards.
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 05 February 2015, 15:23:50
def marketing in the case of most "gaming" boards...
Title: Re: What's the most expensive part of a keyboard?
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 05 February 2015, 15:24:35
As with most electronics, R&D