Dammit, the pictures are upside down again, although I changed the orientation manually in 'preview'. This must be a Mac thing; sorry for that.
Hi, I don't think those switches are MX Dark Blues. They look very much like Pale Blues to me (which are even rarer, IIRC).
Here you can see a comparison of MX Blue, MX Pale Blue and MX Dark Blue (in that order):Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/3qNlivA.png)
Interesting observation; it never occured to me they could be anything other than dark blues. In fact, I just heard the first time about the pale blue variant.
It's puzzling, I've never seen different switches so similar in color, although they are obviously not the samt. I can't tell if the laptop switches are darker, paler or even brighter than the new MX blues; maybe this is a job for a spectrometer. It had to come to this.
It certainly looks like Pale Blues to me: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Pale_Blue
Not true. Someone got a Bondwell with normal (vintage iirc?) MX blue switches. https://youtu.be/suZ2Yu8Epd4 (https://youtu.be/suZ2Yu8Epd4)It certainly looks like Pale Blues to me: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Pale_Blue
Well, all descriptions of the pale blue MX tactile feeling (and there are not many) refer to them as being tactile, but non-clicky.
Mine, on the other hand, are quite clicky and feel distinctively different from any other MX blue switch in my collection.
As the color is visibly different from the classic blue MX, they also might be vintage MX blues, although no Bondwell or Highscreen Laptop has yet been reported to sport anything other than dark blue MX switches.
It certainly looks like Pale Blues to me: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Pale_Blue
Well, all descriptions of the pale blue MX tactile feeling (and there are not many) refer to them as being tactile, but non-clicky.
Mine, on the other hand, are quite clicky and feel distinctively different from any other MX blue switch in my collection.
As the color is visibly different from the classic blue MX, they also might be vintage MX blues, although no Bondwell or Highscreen Laptop has yet been reported to sport anything other than dark blue MX switches.
Now someone just listed a Bondwell B310 on EBay, including a reference to 'dark blue' switches, although the auction pictures are showing a switch which is very similar in color to the obscure Cherrys in my Bondwell B200: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bondwell-B310-Superslim-286-With-Cherry-Dark-Blue-MX-Keyboard-Switches-80286-/232431178008?hash=item361dfa5118:g:V70AAOSwBt5ZJ5V2