Incidentally my white alps board should be arriving today (smk-85, refurbished, DSI). Looking forward to it. Hopefully this one will work!
I havent spent much time with white alps, just 10 minutes with a macally in J&R, though those 10 minutes made me want to know more
I have to say I'm loving the M (while it feels like working anyway, still waiting for the replacement.) But I had forgotten what a joy it is to type on the M all day long and never get tired of it.
Thats the amazing thing about the M, for me anyway. Is that you can honestly type on it all day and its such an incredibly satisfying experience, the combination of solid tactile feel and solid audible feedback makes you feel like you're working with your hands in a wood working shop. It helps allieve some of the alienation and isolation of the body that one often feels when working with soulless computers in soulless offices
Its not even like "click click click", its more like "ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk".
Feel like I'm driving a steam engine or something when I type.
The white alps was intrigueing too, typing on it was like "snap, snap, snap". Very sharp "snap" sound, like I was shooting rubberbands at someone with every keypress. Also satisfying though in a different way. Also more of a "floaty" feeling with the keys, much lighter touch and barely needed to bottom out. It was really satisfying come to think of it. So it will be interesting for me to compare these two side by side, finally.