Re: Rosewill's all four Cherry switch keyboards

Thanks for the link!  Too bad the boards all have a built-in incline from
space bar to F-keys - kinda kills the ergonomics for me :(

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Giles Orr <[email protected]> wrote:

> Newegg's house brand is offering four different keyboards, one
> equipped with each of the Cherry MX keyswitches:
>
> http://techreport.com/articles.x/23405
>
> I found it an interesting read.
>
> "Of the four models we sampled, the RK-9000BR with brown Cherry MX
> switches is our favorite. None of the switch types are perfect, but
> the browns do the best job of balancing accuracy and ease of
> repetition, which makes them great for gaming. Also, the fact that the
> browns feature a tactile bump without an overly shrill click makes
> them, in our opinion, superior to the blues for typing. The blues are
> just unpleasantly loud, and the gritty feel of their tactile bump=97plus
> the dead zone between the actuation and release points=97can make them
> uncomfortable."
>
> I beg to differ: as previously mentioned, I switched one of my two
> Kinesis Advantage keyboards from brown to blue keyswitches, and much
> prefer the blues.  But it's all a matter of personal taste.  Without a
> doubt, the blues are noisier!
>
> --
> Giles
> http://www.gilesorr.com/
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