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Offline The Solutor

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Art Lebedev Optimus Maximus @ £259 !!!
« on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 07:59:23 »
Very good price, isn't it ?













Too bad today is the April 1st :tongue:
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 08:34:01 »
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Very good price, isn't it ?
Too bad today is the April 1st :tongue:


I once asked them what switches they are using... Never got an answer. Even for April 1st.
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Offline sparayurji

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 08:39:53 »
afaik, ml...
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 08:42:39 »
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I once asked them what switches they are using... Never got an answer. Even for April 1st.



Not so sure they don't match my taste, just bought an used G84 to try the ML switches (for a bit less than 1400$ :wink:)
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 08:56:21 »
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afaik, ml...


Any documented evidence to support it?
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Offline sparayurji

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 09:02:18 »
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Any documented evidence to support it?




at around 4'30"
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 09:03:28 »
  • "Typing on it, well, sucks. We kind of hate to say it, but this thing more than likely won't replace what ever keyboard you're writing your novel on -- it's better off used as an absurdly configurable swiss army knife for tasks like gaming, Photoshop, or just about any other productivity app that doesn't require a lot of typing.
  • Okay, why does typing on the Optimus suck, you ask? Well, although the keyboard uses mechanical switches and a lot of high quality components (evident when we pulled off some keys), and there is some clicky tactility to keypresses, as a whole it just requires way too much force to depress keys. And the larger the key, the more force is required, so enter is easier than space, but harder than tab. Let's put it this way, we sit around and type all day long and this thing wore us out in about 30 seconds to a minute. Carpal sufferers, beware."


Edgadget source

Not sure ML can match that description
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 09:05:44 »
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Any documented evidence to support it?


http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/faq/

look at the underside of the keycaps
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 09:07:27 »
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Not sure ML can match that description


Also not sure that engadget match the good website definition...
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Offline gilgam

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 09:09:56 »
i thought it was black cherry ...
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Offline Ekaros

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 11:14:12 »
ML, but keycaps aren't good what I have heard of analyzing...

Ok, they should be the most expensive ones around, but feeling is wrong...
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Offline Reaif

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 16:27:20 »
The optimus could be severely improved by changing the type of everything in use lol. If you are going to charge that much for a keyboard, why not get some decent switches? I have an ML board and I hate that thing. I would get rid of it if it weren't for all the work I put into it. All in all though, they really ought to use e-ink for the display type. They might not get color, but it would improve so many aspects of the board.
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 16:28:57 »
start  a group buy
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 16:52:39 »
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at around 4'30"


Ok... I stand corrected
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 01 April 2011, 17:26:14 »
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The optimus could be severely improved by changing the type of everything in use lol. If you are going to charge that much for a keyboard, why not get some decent switches? I have an ML board and I hate that thing. I would get rid of it if it weren't for all the work I put into it. All in all though, they really ought to use e-ink for the display type. They might not get color, but it would improve so many aspects of the board.


e-ink is slow, and doesn't emit any light.

Do you really want a 1500$ keyboard that is not even backlit ?
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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 02 April 2011, 10:27:01 »
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e-ink is slow, and doesn't emit any light.

Seems like the right solution for legends.

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Do you really want a 1500$ keyboard that is not even backlit ?

Yes, please.
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Offline Lpb45

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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 02 April 2011, 10:32:25 »
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Art Lebedev was disappointing in that video.

Veronica though, never disappoints.
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mmm I like!
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 02 April 2011, 11:05:05 »
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Seems like the right solution for legends.


The are not just static legends, a decent display can be used for a wide variety of useful purposes, and also useless but funny, think to a "keyboard saver" or to a keyboard virus with all the keys randomly scrambled or falling, matrix style..

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Yes, please.

 I'm now, probably at the 10th year of backlit only keyboards.

I really cant think to use a non backlit one other than for affective/historical purposes.

BTW an EL or e-paper low end version can be handy in the office environment.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #18 on: Sat, 02 April 2011, 11:07:41 »
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mmm I like!


Lot of disagreement about the shape of the enter key, but widely shared opinion on the shape of Veronica's "trackballs" here, isn't it ? :biggrin:
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