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Offline kaje

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Howdy!
« on: Wed, 23 July 2014, 15:22:21 »
So I've quickly become obsessed with wanting to replace my crappy keyboard with a mechanical and stumbled upon this site in the process. I'm not fully sure what switches I want yet. I have done a lot of research and watched a lot of YouTube videos, but nothing can compare to pressing the keys in person, I'm sure. Unfortunately, I live in tech desolate Oklahoma and I don't think any places around here would have many, if any, MKBs on display. But I've kind of set my eyes on either the Ducky DK9008P or the Corsair RGB but I'm afraid too much light bleeding around the keys is going to sway me into getting a Ducky (if I can ever find one in stock anywhere). Plus, despite not having felt PBT keys, they just sound a lot more appealing. But I look forward to browsing around the site and drooling over some of this stuff along with the rest of you!

Offline Kraksx

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Re: Howdy!
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 23 July 2014, 16:24:54 »
I just got my first keyboard with PBT caps and there is no way I'm ever going back

but anyways....

WELCOME!

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Offline rowdy

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Re: Howdy!
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 23 July 2014, 21:01:14 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Be thankful you don't live in tech desolate Australia :))

You can't really go wrong with a Ducky - I have two that are still going strong after nearly 2 years.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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