Perfection Sounds Like Clickety Clack
I has buckling spring keyboard! In fact, today is Day One of its inaugural use since unpacking. Yes, it’s noisy—but damn if it isn’t the most satisfying keyboard I’ve used to date.
Modelled after the legendary IBM Model M keyboard, it’s unique in that its keys ‘buckle’ under light pressure to give you a definite response whether the key has been pressed or not. The result? No more squishy ‘boards.
I just have to figure out a way of dampening the sound somewhat, because I find myself chatting less out of embarrassment. Having it on my lap with a jumper under isn’t half bad, and a lot more comfortable than having it up on the table as well, but I guess there’s only so much I can do to silence the clickety clack.
Surprisingly, I don’t miss my Windows key at all. I realise I only use it twice a day on average—when I’m out to lunch or for an appointment. An extra mouse click here and there to compensate is quite doable.
Keyboards are the new geek fetish :P
Much love for the IBM Enhanced USB keyboard I use at work and I have to say - Dell probably makes the worst keyboards evar! It’s no wonder I only do browsing and or photo-editing on my dell PC at home, which I means I hardly ever use the keyboard..
I remember having one of the model M’s on my IBM XT/286 (without hard disk though) which I grew up with in the 80’s. Lovely piece of gear, but I really do agree with the noise in this modern age. So much so that I couldn’t bear to use it for long when I came across another some years back in an office somewhere I can’t recall.
Mushy keys are indeed a bane, but I never really felt it until my Macbook, my only major complaint I have about it. Having always used Logitech and my now current Saitek keyboards I guess I didn’t miss the Model M all that much.