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Offline timw4mail

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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 07:20:31 »
I'm always seeing hints about it here and there, but I've never seen any real reviews or actual descriptions of them.
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 07:32:34 »
Webwit once offered to sell his for $15. Says it all really.
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 07:36:50 »
I've seen snarky comments both ways in terms of their feel...good and bad.  Judging by Webwit's comment there, it seems he thinks they aren't that great. What kind of switches does it use?
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Offline ch_123

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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 07:44:18 »
Some kind of 'rubber dome with springs' system. Despite the similar sounding premise, they have little in common with the Topres.
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 08:38:34 »
The Peerless has a very suprising keyfeel, hence the name "Peerless."  Fujitsu makes the Peerless and the HHKB, so it has to be good, right?
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 08:42:54 »
I only heard the name "Peerless" in this group. But I believe they're talking about the Fujitsu keyboard which has a special place in my heart - because, even if its feel is nothing special for a rubber dome, along with the Keytronic keyboards, it was one of the few early rubber domes that had the standard 101 U.S. layout instead of the imitation AT layout that was so popular at the start.

Maybe the comments are because people bought those while they could still have bought a real Model M from Lexmark.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 08:48:05 »
From all reports, the Peerless had/has one of the worst keyfeels of all time. See here.  I'm sure webwit could expand on that as well.
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 01 December 2009, 11:32:46 »
I think Kishy is giving one away for free...
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 02 December 2009, 18:28:10 »
I have a Peerless board, a Fujitsu FKB4725-501. It has an incredibly stiff travel, with a light click, and a tactile bump closer to the bottom than the top. The form factor is Model-M-ish, and is fairly heavy.

I used it for a long time, but no more. In my opinion, it beats the average rubber dome board, but is much too stiff for my taste.
« Last Edit: Thu, 03 December 2009, 11:47:43 by Jason »
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What's the real deal about the Fujitsu Peerless?
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 02 December 2009, 18:51:42 »
What about Model M's with trackballs? Those are rarer!
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