I have tried every single majestouch keyboard, not to mention dozens of others. I know keyboards pretty well. Mechanical switches started dyeing in the 90's when there were other technological innovations like the internet. People didn't like clicky keyboards because they were to loud and hard to press, and others because there too quiet and you would accidentally press keys all the time. it wasn't about being cheaper at all. rubber domes are incredibly more ergonomic (softer on fingers + less distance to press), more reliable, longer lasting, more comfotable and you can write way faster, because youre not distracted, by the sounds. Keyboards are better now than ever before. You can take an NIB IBM and the beautiful Logitech Illuminated to anywhere in the world and everoone would take the Logi. It's no contest. ***chanical keyboards have gone the way of the dinosaurs. They were heavy and slow then eventually they dyed off for smaller, faster animals. It's science.