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Offline arrex

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sup geeks :D
« on: Mon, 14 March 2016, 21:26:06 »
I just made an account, figured I'd post something here.  Basically I'm a broke college kid trying to get his first mechanical keyboard.  I've been looking into tenkeyless ones... perhaps even looking into building one from winkeyless (although I have no idea how to lol).  Nice to meet you all!

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 15 March 2016, 00:42:15 »
Welcome!
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 March 2016, 01:09:51 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Building a keyboard is usually more expensive than buying one ready made, as you need to source low quantities of all the parts and generally don't get much discount.

Have you considered getting a used keyboard?  If well looked after, a mechanical keyboard should last for years, and even several owners.

Take a Model M, for example.  Most of those are coming up to 30 years old, and apart from a few rivets falling off they basically just keep going.  And if you can find one in the right place and time, they can be acquired for not much money.
"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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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 March 2016, 21:04:04 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Building a keyboard is usually more expensive than buying one ready made, as you need to source low quantities of all the parts and generally don't get much discount.

Have you considered getting a used keyboard?  If well looked after, a mechanical keyboard should last for years, and even several owners.

Take a Model M, for example.  Most of those are coming up to 30 years old, and apart from a few rivets falling off they basically just keep going.  And if you can find one in the right place and time, they can be acquired for not much money.

Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 04:03:54 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Building a keyboard is usually more expensive than buying one ready made, as you need to source low quantities of all the parts and generally don't get much discount.

Have you considered getting a used keyboard?  If well looked after, a mechanical keyboard should last for years, and even several owners.

Take a Model M, for example.  Most of those are coming up to 30 years old, and apart from a few rivets falling off they basically just keep going.  And if you can find one in the right place and time, they can be acquired for not much money.

Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

Good luck with that :p

I started out thinking I'd only get one or two - why would I need more?  Now I have lots.
"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

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 07:26:19 »
Hi and Welcome to Geekhack !  :thumb:

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 07:47:46 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 07:49:21 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.

She speaks the truth, HHKB is life.

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 07:52:34 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.

She speaks the truth, HHKB is life.
don't listen to these fools
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 07:56:47 »
Hi, welcome! Would you like to accept Topre as your lord and savior? :)
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 08:13:00 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.

She speaks the truth, HHKB is life.
don't listen to these fools
It's a good thing I like the puppers, or this would be far too heartbreaking.

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 08:16:55 »
It seems like the basic way of greeting new members is having Rowdy say hi and forcing them to buy a HHKB...
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 09:03:01 »
It seems like the basic way of greeting new members is having Rowdy say hi and forcing them to buy a HHKB...
It's not people say "hey, rowdy there is a new person in the New Members section, go say hi." :p

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 11:28:17 »
It seems like the basic way of greeting new members is having Rowdy say hi and forcing them to buy a HHKB...
It's not people say "hey, rowdy there is a new person in the New Members section, go say hi." :p

I mean he always is there to greet new members. Which is standard here. It's really nice of him to do so and I have respect for him doing it!
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 11:55:59 »
It seems like the basic way of greeting new members is having Rowdy say hi and forcing them to buy a HHKB...
It's not people say "hey, rowdy there is a new person in the New Members section, go say hi." :p

I mean he always is there to greet new members. Which is standard here. It's really nice of him to do so and I have respect for him doing it!
;D Rowdy is one of the good guys  :thumb:
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 15:20:30 »
Mechanical Keyboards are like good potato chips...you can never stop at just one.  Currently after selling off several i have reviewed used etc i'm down to 8 in my possession currently. And compared to many members that's really not even that many.
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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 16 March 2016, 20:48:44 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.

She speaks the truth, HHKB is life.
don't listen to these fools
It's a good thing I like the puppers, or this would be far too heartbreaking.

HHKB 4LYFE!
...well today I learned what a HHKB is haha (don't see what's so special about it however).

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Re: sup geeks :D
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 17 March 2016, 04:38:25 »
Well I'm not that broke lol.  Anyways unlike some of you guys here having 10's of keyboards - I only intend to have one so I can splurge on it!

No one gets just one. That is ludicrous. But if you are intent on getting just one do it right and get an HHKB.

She speaks the truth, HHKB is life.
don't listen to these fools
It's a good thing I like the puppers, or this would be far too heartbreaking.

HHKB 4LYFE!
...well today I learned what a HHKB is haha (don't see what's so special about it however).

You need to try one ;)

Go along to a meetup, if you can.  Someone usually takes an HHKB along, and try.

It might not grab you in the first 5 minutes, common practice is to try using only the HHKB for a week or so, to get used to its little layout quirks, then the majority of people have difficulty going back to their old keyboard.

There's an HHKB tour going on at the moment, where a brave and generous member has let his HHKB tour around the country, so people can try it for a week before sending it on to someone else.  You'd probably need to get a bit better known on the forum to participate in another one of those, but it is something to work towards.

And ignore that lot up there - I don't force people to buy HHKB.  You can settle for a nice SSK, or a F122 even, and we'll all be happy :D
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