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    Thoughts on the Das Keyboard

    So...Has anyone bought this or atleast used it, because i was planning to buy one for christmas. I just want to know if the $80 was worth it. Such as, how much of a difference do the weighted keys make, and stuff like that. Or is it good for gaming? Thanks ! Here is the site http://www.daskeyboard.com/

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    I'm going to buy one after I order one of these for pair-programming:
    http://www.cenqua.com/pairon/

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    cOOL!!
    80 USD!! what the blood!! Even sony couldn't get away with this!
    but if you have the budget, i would say go for it! I know i would. It's probably because it's not in mass production. Just a guy who makes them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrahhali
    cOOL!!
    80 USD!! what the blood!! Even sony couldn't get away with this!
    but if you have the budget, i would say go for it! I know i would. It's probably because it's not in mass production. Just a guy who makes them?
    I've got keyboards with letters missing - just use the keys a lot and the letters dissapear. I'm sure you could just scrub the keys and achieve the same effect (for less than $80).

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    hmm... nice! I think i'll try that actually.
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    I would like one but it's too expensive for me plus I would have everyone else in the house asking me to swap back to the old keyboard all the time.

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    This has got to be the best keyboard I've ever seen. It uses OLEDs for the keys. It's gotta be really neat for people who constanty change leyout.

    I keep chaning between spanish (Spain) and US layouts, even though the british layout is actually printed. You can't print accented letters and/or spanish-only characters in any standard way with anything else than the spanish layouts, but I don't use it often enough to remember where all the other special chars are (* = + et al).

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    Yes if that keyboard were real it would be quite nice
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    If you want your keyboard to look cool, why don't you randomly swap all the keys...
    It looks really neat ( i did it )

    Heres how my arrows look:

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    [ 9 ]   [ K ]  [ end ]
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElastoManiac
    If you want your keyboard to look cool, why don't you randomly swap all the keys...
    It looks really neat ( i did it )

    Heres how my arrows look:

    Code:
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    [ 9 ]   [ K ]  [ end ]
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    >So you had to learn a different layout for typing?

    I think he means just change the physical thing where the letters/numbers are written, not the keycode the emit.

    @JaWiB
    The say it's gonna be real and they're hoping to release it by 2006. Unless it's insanely expensive, I'm definitely getting one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by -=SoKrA=-
    >So you had to learn a different layout for typing?

    I think he means just change the physical thing where the letters/numbers are written, not the keycode the emit.

    @JaWiB
    The say it's gonna be real and they're hoping to release it by 2006. Unless it's insanely expensive, I'm definitely getting one.
    you think right.
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    Personally, I find that the Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard is great ($10-$20 less too). Anyone else use an ergonomic?
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    I got my 'mulitmedia' ergonomic MS keyboard/mouse combo for £25 IIRC. This was when high-street shops sold it for £50.
    Ergonomic is good, but what I really like is the mouse. Nice and big. I only recently managed to get it back from my brother...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElastoManiac
    you think right.

    Guy I worked with last year had done that. I asked him if I could check my e-mail....he resuponded: "Sure...ummmm, can you touch type? You'll see why..."

    It was quite a surprising miomment when I sat down...

    He said back in 7th grade he didn't want his parents to use his computer...

    I thought it was a little tough, because the keys all face the same way so some were actually higher than others...
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