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Offline Barbastruzzolo

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No more hidden lurker
« on: Fri, 14 December 2012, 09:06:20 »
Hi everybody,

I'm not new to this site in terms of lurking activity :-) I speak italian and a little bit of english.
I was addicted to rubber dome keyboards before I discovered mechanical ones and my computer life changed forever.
Now I'm a mechanical keyboard's advocate and I love to bother my coworkers about this "mania"
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 14 December 2012, 09:08:20 »
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 14 December 2012, 09:09:49 »
Welcome to GH!!!
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 14 December 2012, 09:24:42 »
Enjoy the journey.
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 14 December 2012, 14:21:51 »
Welcome to Geekhack yo
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 15 December 2012, 00:39:08 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Which mechanical keyboard are you using?
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Offline Barbastruzzolo

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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 15 December 2012, 01:40:35 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 15 December 2012, 00:39:08
Welcome to Geekhack!

Which mechanical keyboard are you using?

Actually my Filco MJ2 brown switches tenkeyless :-)
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 15 December 2012, 22:16:51 »
Welcome to GH :D
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 15 December 2012, 23:11:14 »
Filco - nice :)  Any particular reason you chose brown switches?
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Offline Barbastruzzolo

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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 04:43:38 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 15 December 2012, 23:11:14
Filco - nice :)  Any particular reason you chose brown switches?

When I ordered the keyboard I chose the "clicky version" (blue switches) but they sent me the wrong version (brown switches). I never complained because I'm an impatient person. They also mistook sending me two A keycaps and no S keycap in a set of 4 violet WASD keycaps. Anyway it's a beautiful keyboard and I love it :)
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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 14:58:51 »
Fair enough.  Sounds like an eventful start to your collection.

But do you have a nagging curiosity to find out what blue switches are like? Hehe wonder how long until you get another keyboard ;)
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:20:30 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 16 December 2012, 14:58:51
Fair enough.  Sounds like an eventful start to your collection.

But do you have a nagging curiosity to find out what blue switches are like? Hehe wonder how long until you get another keyboard ;)

I know how they feel because a few months ago I bought a Cherry G80-3000 with blue MX switches and italian layout from a local reseller. But after getting used with tenkeyless layout it's hard for me to use a full layout keyboard. To compensate, I'm now waiting for a Ducky Shine II with blue switches UK layout :)
I also own a G80-3000 with black switches wich was my first mechanical keyboard. After some time spent in using it I felt it was too hand fatiguing for me considering that I was in the beginning of my touch typing learning experience :-)
« Last Edit: Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:22:05 by Barbastruzzolo »
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:44:01 »
hey i used to see your invisible user profile lurking before you registered, welcome to geekhack!
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Offline Barbastruzzolo

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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:46:18 »
Thank you all!!!
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 16 December 2012, 17:12:01 »
Quote from: Barbastruzzolo on Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:20:30
I know how they feel because a few months ago I bought a Cherry G80-3000 with blue MX switches and italian layout from a local reseller. But after getting used with tenkeyless layout it's hard for me to use a full layout keyboard. To compensate, I'm now waiting for a Ducky Shine II with blue switches UK layout :)
I also own a G80-3000 with black switches wich was my first mechanical keyboard. After some time spent in using it I felt it was too hand fatiguing for me considering that I was in the beginning of my touch typing learning experience :-)

Aha!  You already have experience of a few switch types - good :)

Just wait until someone tries to convince you to try a Topre keyboard.
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Re: No more hidden lurker
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 17 December 2012, 08:38:00 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 16 December 2012, 17:12:01
Quote from: Barbastruzzolo on Sun, 16 December 2012, 15:20:30
I know how they feel because a few months ago I bought a Cherry G80-3000 with blue MX switches and italian layout from a local reseller. But after getting used with tenkeyless layout it's hard for me to use a full layout keyboard. To compensate, I'm now waiting for a Ducky Shine II with blue switches UK layout :)
I also own a G80-3000 with black switches wich was my first mechanical keyboard. After some time spent in using it I felt it was too hand fatiguing for me considering that I was in the beginning of my touch typing learning experience :-)

Aha!  You already have experience of a few switch types - good :)

Just wait until someone tries to convince you to try a Topre keyboard.


There are only 2 reasons why I haven't tried Topre yet:
1) The supercharged price in Europe
2) The lack of resellers accepting payments in €
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 17 December 2012, 15:07:07 »
Supercharged prices everywhere ;)
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