Moving on from old boards to new.

[Fragil1ty]

So as the title implies, how do you move on from old boards to new boards?

Maybe your old board has broken and you don't want to get the same board twice, so you buy something new and different. Maybe you just thought it was time for a change and with that being said, you go out and buy a new board that you've had your eye on for quite some time.

But yeah, how do you move on from old boards that you have used for a long time, personally, I'm having a fair bit of difficulty in doing so, I have to force myself to not go back to my old board and so on, it's a constant struggle, lol.

[demik]

i plug it in

[The_Beast]

i plug it in

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[digi]

i plug it in

rekt

[epzy]

i plug it in

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[dorkvader]

I keep it fresh and swap out a new board every few weeks at my one computer. At the other one (for "work") I keep the same keyboard on it. That way I can have the feel of my favourite as well as the novelty of a new keyboard.

Nowadays I swap between cherry / topre boards and keep something IBM for "work".

[HPE1000]

i plug it in

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[HoffmanMyster]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

i plug it in

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[Touch_It]

Move on when one breaks or I find cheap or free vintage boards.  Vintage is the way to go imo. The exception being unicomp.

[dorkvader]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

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[Fragil1ty]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

i plug it in

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I bought a new board because my old board has/had chattering issues and what not, so therefore, I did not want to have a chattering keyboard, but then I somewhat fixed it with a thorough cleaning + compressed air and the issue seems to have subsided, ;_;


fml.

[slickmamba]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

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=15


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Am I doing this right?

[The_Beast]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

+1

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+3

+4

+5

=15


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Am I doing this right?

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[HPE1000]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

+1

+2

+3

+4

+5

=15


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Am I doing this right?

Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man

[demik]

a keyboard doesn't break, it just becomes a donor board.

[epzy]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

+1

+2

+3

+4

+5

=15


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Am I doing this right?

Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man

ask demik, he's the genius

[demik]

If you miss your old board, clearly you were not ready to move on.  So you would go back to the old one.

If it's broken, you don't have much of a choice, so you just do it.  Or else it's not really broken.

On GH no keyboard is ever really broken.

i plug it in

+1

+2

+3

+4

+5

=15


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Am I doing this right?

Wouldn't it be 16 because we were adding from the first post from demik? IDK man

ask demik, he's the genius

flawless genius*

[Sent]

There's too much math in this thread.

[SpAmRaY]

So far I haven't had to move on because I've just repaired my daily driver board and hope it continues being useful for years to come.

[The_Beast]

There's too much math in this thread.

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[demik]

There's too much math in this thread.

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[The_Beast]

There's too much math in this thread.

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70?

[demik]

There's too much math in this thread.

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70?

wrong answer.

kmiller8

[The_Beast]

There's too much math in this thread.

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70?

wrong answer.

kmiller8

gaymiller8****s?

[Tony]

Mathematicians please stop. This is a keyboard thread.

[Lurch]

very carefully

[Aer Fixus]

If my Kishsaver broke, I wouldn't worry about it too much because the nuclear blast probably killed me too.

[ComradeSniper]

I switch keyboards almost every week, it keeps things interesting.

[rowdy]

All of my keyboards still work, except the Trigger that I bought as broken.

I just swap between them routinely, whenever I feel like a change.  Or, in the case of the Model M, when I feel that I can get away with the extra noise.

[jacobolus]

So as the title implies, how do you move on from old boards to new boards?

Impossible. New boards all suck.

The only solution is to move from old boards to even older boards.

[henz]

Sell the old, problem solved

[Sent]

I actually have the opposite problem.  I always want newer boards and then tend to forget about my older ones.  Eventually, they just get neglected and collect dust on a shelf.

[Rebral]

All of my boards work and I usually switch between them.
As much as I love clears, I still miss hearing beautiful clicky clicks.

[Rebral]

All of my boards work and I usually switch between them.
As much as I love clears, I still miss hearing beautiful clicky clicks.

EDIT: Interwebs pooped and caused me to double post. gg

[frosty]

I would sit down with both boards, and I will tell the older board:

"Bae, it's time for a new bae to take over. I'll miss you a lot. It's not that you aren't good, but this one is better, we click and the synergy between us is much better than our synergy... I hope you find a better boyfriend/girlfriend (owner), wish you good luck in your future endeavors"

and list in on the classifieds. LOL

On a more serious note, I find no problems when moving from board to board. Only when moving from switch to switch will I meet some problems.

[terrpn]

whats a new board?

[cinnamonrollz]

MODEL M MUSTARD RACE

[johndavis33]

I switch keyboards almost every week, it keeps things interesting.

+ 0!

Never commit yourself to one board. Sew your wild keyboard oats.