Das Keyboard - Uber Geeks Only

[reveal]

Well this is, um, interesting. :\

http://www.daskeyboard.com/

 

[der_kluge]

How funny. Seems like you could do this with just about any decent keyboard with some turpentine and a razor blade.

 

[Jdvn1]

That's cool, but completely excessive. And for $80? Yikes.

 

[reveal]

How funny. Seems like you could do this with just about any decent keyboard with some turpentine and a razor blade.

Or little pieces of electrical tape.

 

[Jdvn1]

Well, different keys are also weighted differently. That supposedly makes you type faster.

 

[JimAde]

That's cool, but completely excessive. And for $80? Yikes.

I agree. I especially like how they claim it will improve your typing.

Ok...

And for those of us who are self-taught typists (that is, don't always use the "right" fingers on a given key) the variable-weighting would be weird. I often use my pinky on the CTRL key, for instance, which they have at the heaviest weight.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

For that price I can get a backlit keyboard, which is what I'd rather have!

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

That's cool, but completely excessive. And for $80? Yikes.

I paid $125 for my genuine IBM buckling spring keyboard. Of course, I've had it for 12 years, so I consider it money well spent.

 

[Jdvn1]

I paid $125 for my genuine IBM buckling spring keyboard. Of course, I've had it for 12 years, so I consider it money well spent.

Does your job include typing a lot? I wouldn't go for it otherwise. $10/year for a keyboard probably isn't worth it for most people.

 

[IronWolf]

I need to buy this for someone and then switch the layout to Dvorak!