Mechanical Keyboards

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Are you addicted to the clicking sounds of your beautiful and impressive mechanical keyboard?
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Non-Mechanical Keyboards (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by Icecreamface@lemmy.ml to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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We all love mechanical keyboards, but are there any normal keyboards that hold a special place in your heart?

I for one love the keyboard on the old IBM thinkpads.

I also have a special place in my heart for the old Dell membrain keyboards that used to be in every school library in the 90's

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[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been using a split keyboard ever since this exact model was brought home. I finally gave up on the Sculpt and got a Keychron in Alice layout (K15). Not the same but the closest I've found in mechanical

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How do you like it?

I have a Q6 that I’m very happy with except it being non-ergo.

[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Absolutely love it.

I greatly miss the arc from the Scultp and I use a microfiber cloth to induce an angle between the keyboard and a bad aftermarket wrist pad.

The QMK firmware is a major bonus. I built a custom mouse jiggles into my keyboard