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Offline tauburn

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What is the smallest and most compact keyboard that doesnt have any non standard sized keys. such as shorter spacebar or shift keys etc?

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 21:37:21 »
Most likely KBC Poker.  There are other ones but I think only this one has standard size keys which makes changing keycaps easy  :)

BUT I heard Poker 2 is coming out so you should wait a bit to see how the new one is.
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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 21:42:34 »
gh60, too

Offline tauburn

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 22:15:55 »
Most likely KBC Poker.  There are other ones but I think only this one has standard size keys which makes changing keycaps easy  :)

BUT I heard Poker 2 is coming out so you should wait a bit to see how the new one is.

ok. yeah im looking to get something to replace my mac chiclet keyboard but i dont want to have too much bigger of a footprint on my desk.

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 22:22:12 »
There will be a few 60% options becoming available in the next couple months. If you are not in a terrible hurry it might be worth waiting to see and compare those choices. GH60 will probably be the best option overall since you can choose it to be how you wish. If you need something right now, Poker is the most standard, though Pure is not much of an issue either as 1.75 shift is fairly easy to source also. It depends more on the 2nd layer layout between those two choices really.

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 22:24:05 »

ok. yeah im looking to get something to replace my mac chiclet keyboard but i dont want to have too much bigger of a footprint on my desk.

My Poker isn't here yet, but based on this comparison photo (chiclet/Pure), the Poker is slightly wider and not quite as deep. Mind you, the Pure is in a CNC Aluminum case and I'm not sure if it's smaller than the stock case.


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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 24 January 2013, 22:27:21 »
i definitely can wait to see new models come out. i'd much rather have one of the new ones anyway

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 00:35:17 »
is there a second layer with arrow keys?  I see the function keys...hard to see what else there is.

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 01:21:06 »

ok. yeah im looking to get something to replace my mac chiclet keyboard but i dont want to have too much bigger of a footprint on my desk.

My Poker isn't here yet, but based on this comparison photo (chiclet/Pure), the Poker is slightly wider and not quite as deep. Mind you, the Pure is in a CNC Aluminum case and I'm not sure if it's smaller than the stock case.

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What is the difference between the poker and the pure?

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 01:38:03 »
What is the difference between the poker and the pure?

Other than the LEDS, Poker has Esc/tilde on same key and regular size right shift (Easy to replace), while the Pure has odd shaped right shift (1.75) and tilde to the right of it.

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 06:37:30 »
You forgot to mention the function layer difference.

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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 11:14:26 »

Mind you, the Pure is in a CNC Aluminum case and I'm not sure if it's smaller than the stock case.


The stock case actually has a slightly smaller footprint.  The aluminum is a little thicker than the plastic.

PURE is the first one that jumped to mind with the original question.  POKERs are easier to mod from what I hear - if this matters.
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Re: smallest most compact keyboard with no abnormal shaped/sized keys
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 25 January 2013, 11:45:32 »
Dear ShakeR. They have exactly the same footprint. I use a spare Pure case as a dust cover, and it covers the aluminum board almost exactly. The aluminum board is tighter inside around the PCB. The wall on the plastic case is ~2.5mm vs 3mm on the aluminum, but it is going inward.