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Offline MKB

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Surface Book Keyboard
« on: Mon, 04 January 2016, 03:24:15 »
The MS Surface Book Keyboard is not half bad, given that is a laptop keyboard. Does anyone know which switched it is using?
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Offline CotyM

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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 04 January 2016, 04:26:24 »
Pretty sure it's just using standard Scissor switch (rubberdome with a scissor closing/opening stabilizer sometimes enhanced with a small spring.) that you'll find in most low profile keyboards like laptops or the apple wireless keyboard. The range of feel varies allot depending on the quality of the parts.
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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 04 January 2016, 07:02:47 »
I read an article a month ago about how MS had worked very hard to increase travel in their Surface Pro and Surface Book keyboards. The switches are no longer standard. I'll post a link if I can find it.
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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 04 January 2016, 08:17:22 »
Quote from: heedpantsnow on Mon, 04 January 2016, 07:02:47
I read an article a month ago about how MS had worked very hard to increase travel in their Surface Pro and Surface Book keyboards. The switches are no longer standard. I'll post a link if I can find it.

I haven't seen a dedicated article, but the release day reviews mention that they're longer travel, better spacing, and snappier (less mushy) than the Surface Pro 3 type cover (or any cheap chiclet board for that matter). I haven't used one personally as I use a HHKB with my SP4, but I've seen lots of praise for the typing experience from both the SB and SP4 Type Cover. Comparatively speaking of course :)

But it is still a scissor switch, just a higher quality one than normally seen.
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Offline tronbeaver

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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 04 January 2016, 14:10:41 »
Not hard to improve on the Surface keyboards.
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Offline MKB

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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 05 January 2016, 00:40:21 »
The Surface Pro 4 touch cover seems to be a large improvement over the Pro 3 touch cover.  I am considering upgrading the cover. 

At first I did not like the Surface Book keyboard.  However having tried it on multiple occasions it seems to be one of the nicer keyboards on a laptop. 
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Offline jamster

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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 05 January 2016, 03:27:29 »
Quote from: heedpantsnow on Mon, 04 January 2016, 07:02:47
I read an article a month ago about how MS had worked very hard to increase travel in their Surface Pro and Surface Book keyboards. The switches are no longer standard. I'll post a link if I can find it.

And conversely Apple is marketing it's reduced-travel butterfly switches as some kind of 'feature'.
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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 05 January 2016, 03:29:06 »
Just using usual scissor switch I think
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Offline daerid

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Re: Surface Book Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 05 January 2016, 10:20:56 »
Quote from: jamster on Tue, 05 January 2016, 03:27:29
And conversely Apple is marketing it's reduced-travel butterfly switches as some kind of 'feature'.

I absolutely love the MBP keyboards, and the new MB (super low-profile) keyboards are completely and utter ****. If the new Skylake MBPs have the ****ty keyboards from the Macbooks, I'm going to burn this mother down, I swear to god
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