Man if System76 is listening, or any keyboard manufacturer for that matter: please make a mechanical version of the ms ergonomic keyboard. All the other "ergonomics" seem to be trying too hard and have layouts that are so different from a standard keyboard as to be annoying. The MS one was perfect in every way, just needs mechanical keys.
I buy computers from System76 and they are good. Highly recommended<p>But if it's not a wireless ergonomic keyboard, I am not interested<p>The Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Wireless keyboard, despite its flaws, is the healthiest and most comfortable keyboard I've ever used. Started using it four years ago and I'll never go back<p>Ideal if you edit in Vim: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Ergonomic-Wireless-Desktop-Keyboard/dp/B00CYX54C0" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Ergonomic-Wireless-Desktop-...</a>
$285.00? Too expensive. It's not even a matter of whether I can afford something of this sort. I simply feel awful when I overpay for something that seems like a hipster product.<p>Cut out the USB hub and seemingly useless RGB LEDs, bring down the price a bit and maybe I'll bite.<p>I do appreciate features like N-key rollower and programmable firmware, as well as being assembled in US. Ambivalent about aluminum chassis. (I.e don't mind it, but wouldn't mind good plastic either.)
I'm a Kailh Box Jade user, I love them to bits, but I understand that I am <i>extremely niche.</i> It's an interesting choice to sell them in prebuilts to a wide audience.<p>There's also tons of rattle in both sound tests, possibly stabilizers or the springs. I strongly recommend lubing the springs if you do pick one of these up (4-5 hours of work). Lubing the Jade clickbar also changes the sounds from a "thack" to a "thock," without changing the tactile profile much (unlike regular tactile switches). Something to consider if you find that the Jade pitch is unpleasant.
Not a fan of the shortened right Shift key. I’ve always thought of this as an over optimization to save space.<p>Second thought - at this price point, I would expect this to be a split keyboard. Will this be in a future iteration?
Yeah for split spacebars on a programmable keyboard!<p>I currently use and love a Kinesis Freestyle Pro, and would consider this for my next keyboard. My favorite feature of the Kinesis board is that it is programmable and has a split spacebar. The split/ergo shape is okay, but I don't think I will ever get another keyboard that doesn't at least have a split spacebar and a way to program it.<p>With half of my spacebar acting as fn and then arrows, backspace, delete and escape on the fn layer move my hands around MUCH less than on a normal keyboard.
Is good you can customize, open-source, N-key rollover, and some other things, but it lacks some keys such as a number pad and some others, and doesn't seems to have PS/2 (I don't like USB), so I think that I will keep the keyboard that I currently have. (I also don't need full lighting like that)
Kinda curious how this compares to something like the Drop Alt, which seems to have the same feature set for $100 less:<p><a href="https://drop.com/buy/drop-alt-mechanical-keyboard" rel="nofollow">https://drop.com/buy/drop-alt-mechanical-keyboard</a>
This looks very nice. Most importantly, the profile isn't too high. I have a Keychron K6 and Vortexgear Pok3r. The Pok3r is about right even though it is a little taller than this keyboard. The K6 is far too tall to be comfortable. I think the price isn't for a programmable keyboard with swappable switches. PBT keycaps are also much better than ABS, another fault of the K6.<p>These days I'm typing on a Kinesis Advantage2 for ergonomic reasons and I just can't see myself going back to a 60% or 65% keyboard. I hope System76 considers making an ergo with the features of this board in the future.
Trying to take advantage of of the wisdom of all of you keyboards nerds out here. Are you aware of any good/wonderful keyboard replacement for a laptop? I am assuming that they are standard for a given laptop size which might be totally wrong. Anyways if any such thing existed, I'd love to upgrade.
Hm, I guess another option.<p>I'm want to buy a mechanikal keyboard with QMK firmware (one which supports Tab Dance).<p>I'm just not sure which.<p>This one doesn't look bad, but then I'm more interested into something with a slightly more ergonomic key arrangement.<p>I also thought about the Moonlander, but it's even more pricey then this one.
I would pay $500 for this keyboard if I can put it in the dishwasher. Seriously that's my dream keyboard. Mechanical, high quality and washable in the dishwasher or just washable like a dish.