New to mech keyboards, HHKB in the mail

[Grobalo]

Hi,

First post here. I've been reading the forum for about a week to find a replacement for my 7 years crappy $20 rubber dome keyboard (yeah, i know...).

I've gone from being sceptical and wanting an entry level mech keyboard to buy an HHKB.  It's in the mail and I hope the topre switches will suit me well (i'm a developer)
I'm looking forward to test red and brown switches too. I'll probably buy a CM quickfire and/or poker II, these are much cheaper but seem to be quite decent boards.

I'm also quite impressed by the custom stuff developped here (GH60, ...), it makes me want to dust off my soldering iron

Thanks for the awesome community.

[SeriouSSpotS]

That's an expensive first board and welcome to GH

[MJ45]

Welcome to GH and you are starting with a good choice. The HHKB was one that appealed to me at first too, but I tried a half dozen others before I bought one. Its one of my favorites.

[concept73]

Well, you have entered into the arena with a mighty fine board, welcome to GH

[eth0s]

Welcome to GH.

Great choice on the HHKB, btw.  You are starting at the top.

[sth]

i wish i had started with a hhkb

[eth0s]

i wish i had started with a hhkb

I dunno if you're serious.  But I really do wish I had started with HHKB.  I wasted two lonely years in the wasteland of Cherry MX.  Money flushed down the turlet. 

[sth]

i wish i had started with a hhkb

I dunno if you're serious.  But I really do wish I had started with HHKB.  I wasted two lonely years in the wasteland of Cherry MX.  Money flushed down the turlet. 

absolutely serious, the only thing cherry mx has going for it is wide adoption and relatively easy to find parts... but i don't NEED to modify my hhkb. it works and looks fine without any work.

[eth0s]

i wish i had started with a hhkb

I dunno if you're serious.  But I really do wish I had started with HHKB.  I wasted two lonely years in the wasteland of Cherry MX.  Money flushed down the turlet. 

absolutely serious, the only thing cherry mx has going for it is wide adoption and relatively easy to find parts... but i don't NEED to modify my hhkb. it works and looks fine without any work.

   YES!  You order an HHKB online.  You receive it in the mail.  It works perfectly from day one.  No lube, stickers, replacement keycaps, solid gold springs from Korea.  Nothing.  Simple. It's how a keyboard should be.  Why everyone can't see this, is simply a mystery to me.  Also Topre switches are better than the best modded Cherry MX.  If Cherry MX is so good, why does everbody who has one want to mod it?  Because it needs modding.  Topre is fine as it is, ab initio*.





* I added that latin phrase to sound smart.

[sth]

i wish i had started with a hhkb

I dunno if you're serious.  But I really do wish I had started with HHKB.  I wasted two lonely years in the wasteland of Cherry MX.  Money flushed down the turlet. 

absolutely serious, the only thing cherry mx has going for it is wide adoption and relatively easy to find parts... but i don't NEED to modify my hhkb. it works and looks fine without any work.

   YES!  You order an HHKB online.  You receive it in the mail.  It works perfectly from day one.  No lube, stickers, replacement keycaps, solid gold springs from Korea.  Nothing.  Simple. It's how a keyboard should be.  Why everyone can't see this, is simply a mystery to me.  Also Topre switches are better than the best modded Cherry MX.  If Cherry MX is so good, why does everbody who has one want to mod it?  Because it needs modding.  Topre is fine as it is, ab initio*.





* I added that latin phrase to sound smart.

agreed

[Grobalo]

Thank you all. ETA 5 days, this is so long.

i wish i had started with a hhkb

I wish I started with mechanical keyboards earlier

Welcome to GH.

Great choice on the HHKB, btw.  You are starting at the top.

15 years of ignorance, i have to compensate somehow 

[microsoft windows]

WELCOME TO GEEKHACK

[Grobalo]

OMG, the legendary Microsoft Windows in my thread!

I really liked your Apple mouse review, shared with a few colleagues

[ITzNybble]

welcome and nice board