Mechanical keyboards have multiple moving components, there is no way to relate them with a small solid state piece of electronics.
Very few keyboards can take drops like a Nokia, because they're all too heavy.. all that momentum.
Model Ms are pretty indestructible, though I’m not sure if quite to Nokia candybar phone levels.
The indestructibility of Model Ms is vastly overstated.I’ve dropped them 1.5 meters onto concrete multiple times with no broken parts, and I know people who have spilled drinks on them and then taken them into the shower or put them through a whole dishwasher cycle, with the keyboard still working perfectly after drying out for a while.
Mechanical keyboards have multiple moving components, there is no way to relate them with a small solid state piece of electronics.
Not sure if the Nokia 3310 can be considered a solid state piece of electronics because it had buttons and switches too ;D
Following the reasoning provided, the light and well build keyboards may qualify to be on par with some Nokias. There are very few PCB mounted small keyboards, as far as I know, I can only think in Poker X and its sister the original Pure.Not necessarily just PCB-mount boards but more like boards with PCB-mount switches. I say this because some Korean boards have a plate but the PCB is designed with the extra pins in mind for added sturdiness. ;)
The indestructibility of Model Ms is vastly overstated.I’ve dropped them 1.5 meters onto concrete multiple times with no broken parts, and I know people who have spilled drinks on them and then taken them into the shower or put them through a whole dishwasher cycle, with the keyboard still working perfectly after drying out for a while.
I’m sure you could break one with a hammer if you tried, or by running over it with a steam roller, etc. You could probably also destroy a Nokia candybar phone if you really wanted.
Have you destroyed a bunch of Model Ms? How’d you do it?
Following the reasoning provided, the light and well build keyboards may qualify to be on par with some Nokias. There are very few PCB mounted small keyboards, as far as I know, I can only think in Poker X and its sister the original Pure.Not necessarily just PCB-mount boards but more like boards with PCB-mount switches. I say this because some Korean boards have a plate but the PCB is designed with the extra pins in mind for added sturdiness. ;)
Left to right: Plate mount, PCB-mount and clipped PCB-mount.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OhxL5.jpg)
(Pic courtesy of Sifo (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36236.msg679462#msg679462))
I wouldn't know why not? It has the pin holes on the PCB (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63507.0) and Seedvd did it on his. (Minus the PCB-mount switches, but there seems to be plenty of room for that). As far as I know most Korean boards are designed with PCB-mount everything in mind so that shouldn't be a problem. :)Could the GON Nerd60 be assembled with both, switch pins inside the PCB's holes plus a plate?Following the reasoning provided, the light and well build keyboards may qualify to be on par with some Nokias. There are very few PCB mounted small keyboards, as far as I know, I can only think in Poker X and its sister the original Pure.Not necessarily just PCB-mount boards but more like boards with PCB-mount switches. I say this because some Korean boards have a plate but the PCB is designed with the extra pins in mind for added sturdiness. ;)
Left to right: Plate mount, PCB-mount and clipped PCB-mount.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OhxL5.jpg)
(Pic courtesy of Sifo (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36236.msg679462#msg679462))