{"id":5589,"date":"2021-10-06T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2021-10-06T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T19:42:28","slug":"keyboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=5589","title":{"rendered":"Keyboards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Logitech<\/p><\/div>\n

A friend and I are having a chat discussion on the merits of a \u201ctactile\u201d or mechanical click keyboard over the now conventional laptop low force silent type. These are stand alone bluetooth and not laptop built-in.<\/p>\n

In particular, the comparison is the tactile KB, a Keychron<\/a> K2 and the Logitech<\/a> K800 \u201csoft\u201d style. Both brands produce many variations and we are not micro-dissecting the variation within a brand. Just the keyboard action styles.<\/p>\n

I am not a super-fanatic about either style.<\/p>\n

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Keychron<\/p><\/div>\n

Presently, the keyboards here are all the Logitech brand and are soft or quite key-action. They work perfectly fine. <\/span><\/p>\n

I have owned and used the mechanical switch type. The keyboard for IBM-PC1 for example. The original Macintosh was a mechanical switch keyboard. <\/span><\/p>\n

I bought the first MAC when the IBM PC-junior was introduced with the awful \u201cchiclet\u201d keyboard. That\u2019s another story\u2026<\/p>\n

The keyboard pundits always claim the mechanical switch keyboard is the premier system. Not sure exactly why. Could it be just because it is old-school, or is there actually an advantage?<\/p>\n

Keychron promotes hot-swappable key-switch versions of their many keyboards. I suppose, so if you are in the middle of intense game-play combat and you exceed the 50,000,000 keystroke limit, one can immediately swap the failed trigger key for a new one. Golly!<\/p>\n

Could also be handy if one is an author in the middle of hot-typing up a new murder mystery and don\u2019t want to lose the muse because of a faulty key. Heh!<\/p>\n

OK. There probably is something there for gamers. They like extreme hardware. Could it be good for the office worker too?<\/p>\n

I told my friend the office manager could judge staff productivity by the keyboard click level in the steno-pool. Just kidding ( I think).<\/p>\n

He loves his new Keychron K2 feel and doesn\u2019t mind the sound at all. So there must be something good with the clickety-clack. A fingertip tactile feel as well as the audible indication that a character has be initiated with the stroke. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need a new keyboard. Not until this discussion came up and my friend developed his lust for a new keyboard. Like Covid, I think he is trying to infect me with some disease. At least a dissatisfaction with my keyboard status-quo. Mask-on!<\/p>\n

Could be I am missing out? Do I just need to feel the click? Will I write better blogs faster and more accurate?<\/p>\n

I will ponder this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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