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Offline xsphat

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 11 November 2008, 14:18:53 »
Wow, thats going to boost sales, n-key rollover problem be damned. Although as far as I know J&R only has one brick and mortar outlet. Microcenter isnt a chain either, is it?  They need to get these boards into Best Buy and Staples. (Now that circuit city and comp usa have bit the dust).
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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 12 November 2008, 00:28:21 »
Microcenter has one or two dozen stores across the country.  None here in Utah, unfortunately.  If only there were a Microcenter or Fry's within reasonable driving distance...
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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 12 November 2008, 02:49:50 »
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Microcenter has one or two dozen stores across the country.  None here in Utah, unfortunately.  If only there were a Microcenter or Fry's within reasonable driving distance...


I don't think I've ever been in either store.  It would be nice to have one around though.
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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 12 November 2008, 03:10:24 »
When I lived in Phoenix there were 2 Fry's Electronics stores. It was a great place to check out stuff. While the pricing was not so good, at least compared to newegg, you could physically get what you wanted without the wait.
I can remember more than once making an emergency drive to Fry's ... those were the days.
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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 12 November 2008, 17:04:29 »
There's a Micro Center not too too far away from here... it's the place where I've gotten my hands on a Fujitsu U810, and decided it wasn't for me - partially because of the CPU, partially because of the keyboard. (The U820 is out now, and has a better keyboard, but it also has a higher resolution screen. Even I, with my resolution **** ways, might find it too much - 1280x800 @ 5.6".)
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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 13 November 2008, 01:49:55 »
All we have here is a Best Buy, and that place is a membrane hell.
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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 13 November 2008, 05:28:20 »
Goodwill usually has a selection of keyboards with something other than rubber domes... ;)
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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 13 November 2008, 13:16:53 »
Do you guys who have good luck at Goodwill live in huge cities? I live in an area with a population of just under 100,000 and I've never seen a keyboard at Goodwill.
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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 13 November 2008, 13:58:00 »
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Goodwill usually has a selection of keyboards with something other than rubber domes... ;)


I live not too far from Newark, OH.  What Goodwills do you frequent?  Even at the one in the OSU campus area 99% of the keyboards are cheap crap.
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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 13 November 2008, 19:03:33 »
The two in Newark (one on 21st St., across the street from Rally's, and the other on Union St.,) although I guess the selection has been getting worse over time, but there's usually at least one ancient Alps keyboard between the two even on the bad days...
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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 23 November 2008, 14:53:22 »
Interestingly, I went to my closest Micro Center today, and they didn't even have a place for them. (But, they used to... interesting.)
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