The black Alps does not have the click but retains the tactile bump. It still clacks on the top and bottom out, but does not have the click at the tactile bump. The Dell AT101W has this switch and the SGI version of the same keyboard has similar switches, but theirs has the rubber dampers to soften the clacks. Of course, this being a new keyboard, it would not have real Alps, but a decent facsimile thereof. Think of your AEKII with exactly the same key feel (minus the top and bottom out, since yours has rubber dampers) and without the audible click. I have found that my clicky Northgate 'board feels identical to my Dells.