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Offline wocuas

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Happy Hacking Lite 2 noise or Apple Bluetooth keyboard
« on: Sat, 30 April 2011, 21:56:15 »
Hey everyone, hope your doing well

I was wondering if I could get some input regarding the Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard or the apple Bluetooth keyboard. I will be a college student living in a dorm next year and I wanted to know if the Happy Hacking lite 2 will be noisy for a dorm setting, with 2 other room mates. Thanks!

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Offline Brendan

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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 30 April 2011, 22:28:21 »
I am currently typing on  the Apple BT keyboard and it's not completely silent. The keys have a bit of wiggle room and will vibrate around when struck and when the rubber caps push them back up again after the stroke.
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Offline godofdeath

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 30 April 2011, 22:52:34 »
topre doenst make much sound when they
from what i remember it would be the same as the keys on my macbook in terms of noise
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Offline theferenc

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 01 May 2011, 00:16:05 »
The lite isn't a Topre. The noise will be roughly the same on both keyboards, I would think.

You might want to look into a Sun Type 6 USB keyboard. Can be had for about half the HHKB lite, and is the layout the HHKB is based on. Plus, you can get extra keys on the left side to use for whatever you want, if you xmodmap them. There are some hacks necessary to make them recognizable, though.

Anyway, I find both the Sun and the HHKB lite to feel basically the same, with a slight edge to the Sun. But it is full size (and then some).
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Offline suntorytime

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 01 May 2011, 03:41:23 »
From experience, the HHKB Lite 2 is far louder, the HHKB L2 are crisper than normal off the street rubber domes.

I don't know what's 'too loud' for a dorm setting though, but i'd get annoyed if someone was typing on it while I was trying to sleep.
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 01 May 2011, 14:21:02 »
Quote from: suntorytime;339776
From experience, the HHKB Lite 2 is far louder, the HHKB L2 are crisper than normal off the street rubber domes.

 
From experience, I disagree; the HHKB Lite2 is just another rubber dome as far as loudness and feel. It's neither significantly louder nor signficantly crisper than the other rubber dome boards that happen to be within arms' reach (Keytronic, Logitech).
« Last Edit: Sun, 01 May 2011, 14:27:08 by ricercar »
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 01 May 2011, 16:23:48 »
Nice avatar, comrade.
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 01 May 2011, 17:41:15 »
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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 02 May 2011, 05:55:55 »
Yesterday there were celebrations and fireworks here. May 1st never dies, it seems.
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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 02 May 2011, 06:56:53 »
Ricercar, you should move to Russia.

Seriously.
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