Really, I cannot understand why we have so many big Nordic members who will spend $500 and more buying and outfitting their HHKB, when the layout more appropriate to them would be a split keyboard at least 60 cm apart.
Where are the split+matrix keyboards using Topre switches? The uTron is damn expensive and is not matrix but "reverse staggered" or whatever that is called. That's the thing. This and I can sell my HHKB Pro 2 or my HHKB Pro JP anytime for a very good price. The HHKB is one the keyboard that depreciates the less. It's not as if Topre owners are throwing money out of the window: you can always resell at a good price if you want to.
Then I don't agree with the other poster that the ErgoDox is the endgame. My endgame would be something like Jesse Vincent's "Butterfly / Mark 13 / Model 00" keyboard, but with Topre switches (and without the key that apparently needs to be pressed with the palm of the hand). It is similar to the Ergodox but takes into account the fact that the thumb is not a finger that similar to the other fingers. I simply think that the clusters of keys to be hit with the thumbs on an Ergodox aren't that great and that Jesse Vincent with his Butterly / Mark 13 / Model 00 totally saw the light and has a superior design but YMMV.
But I'd still rather type on my HHKB Pro JP than on any single non-Topre keyboard out there, no matter how ergonomic that keyboard is.
I own white ALPS, Cherry MX, buckling springs, etc. boards so it's not as if I had only tried one switch type.
I'm not spending money on fancy keycaps but I'd happily fork $500 or even more for the Butterfly / Mark 13 / Model 00 with Topre switches. Maybe once such a beast exists I'll lose interest in GH... And even then: "offtopic" and "other geeky stuff" are kinda cool subforums
