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Offline ed_avis

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Goldtouch split ergonomic board
« on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 08:45:38 »
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fossala

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 08:48:16 »
Rubber dome, I have heard it is quite good though.
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Offline hoggy

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 13:27:48 »
Very quiet boards.  You can get one for less if you're patient.  The white ones tend to have yellow handles - making the black ones easier to sell on later.
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Offline hoggy

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 13:40:13 »
I'm on my third.  Must stop lending them out.
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fossala

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 13:42:01 »
It was the board I was going to pick up before I stumbled on GH.
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Offline Jim66

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 15:10:10 »
Poorman's G80-5000...
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Offline hoggy

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 16:29:24 »
Spotted that on your desk.  


Not jealous or anything...
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Offline hashbaz

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 07 February 2012, 22:44:47 »
I used one of these at work before becoming addicted to this place.  They are very nice to type on, and great ergonomically.  A great example of a quality rubber dome.
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Offline Jim66

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 08 February 2012, 02:59:51 »
Quote from: hoggy;508578
Spotted that on your desk.  


Not jealous or anything...

Don't be that jealous, technically the ISO model is still the poorman's 5000.

It spends its time back in the box. The ISO enter offends my eyes.
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Offline hoggy

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 08 February 2012, 12:30:55 »
I don't mind ISO that much, but I do go that bit further to buy ANSI.  For programmers the enter key is such an improvement.
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Offline ed_avis

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 08 February 2012, 13:00:23 »
It depends on what you're used to.  As a longtime ISO-er I find the one-row Enter key on ANSI layouts an annoyance - I keep hitting backslash instead (and there is no need for such a large-sized key to be allocated to a relatively infrequent character such as backslash).  The layout seen on some older boards has the best of both worlds - the Enter key both fat *and* tall.  Short+fat or tall+skinny are both a bit inadequate.
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Offline DesktopJinx

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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 09 February 2012, 16:29:24 »
The Goldtouch is decent for a rubber dome. I like the Kinesis Freestyle better -- it's also rubber dome but has a lighter touch. Of course the Goldtouch locks into place and is infinitely adjustable within its range; the Freestyle with the V3 or VIP option only has three specific angles. (Good enough for most.)
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Offline Findecanor

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 09 February 2012, 17:49:29 »
There is an older version and a newer. The newer can be spotted as having a row of nav keys to the right above the cursor keys. Hence, the one in the auction pic is an older version.
The newer version supposedly has lighter keys than the old. I find the old one to be relatively noisy -- but only when a key bottoms up.
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 09 February 2012, 18:38:25 »
Good keyboard, I was using a Goldtouch for a long time before I settled on Kinesis Contoured / Advantage.
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