$400 keyboard

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I have some guys at work that make their own keyboards, or buy really high end keyboards made by 72 virgins in Nepal, during Solar Eclipse. Seriously, I have seen keyboards that sell for $399 and I assume tax and shipping bring those over $400.

[hal]

I assume that you are talking about musical instruments - otherwise, this makes no sense.

[TheTominator]

When computers were expensive we used to buy high quality and expensive keyboards.
Now that computers are dirt cheap, few people want to spend money on a quality keyboard (despite it being a vital component to productivity and ease of use).

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hal wrote:
I assume that you are talking about musical instruments - otherwise, this makes no sense.

computer keyboards.

Those $3-400 ones are retails, some make their own.

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https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2-graphite/


https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#keyboards

[roshi]

For the last 20 years I have used the $400 Kinesis Advantage. That's what I touch all day.

https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2-graphite/

I spend a couple of hundred dollars more and have USB foot pedals.

I think it is crazy for people who use keyboards all day to NOT have footpedals

https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#foot-switches

It's like driving a car. Why would you want the accelerator and brake to be finger controls? It is a joy to offload some of the repetitive motions onto my feet.

[Buzz]

Holey schnikey, I may have to put mine up for sale....


Looks like the venerable Logitech DiNovo Edge Mac Edition Wireless KB has more than held its own, value-wise. It worked great when using w/ Mac Mini and living room TV until downsizing 3 - 4 years ago, unused since.

Actually, still drooling over the Optimus Maximus OLED customizable keyboard


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[SteveG]

should have a Steinway attached

[C(-)ris]

roshi wrote:
For the last 20 years I have used the $400 Kinesis Advantage. That's what I touch all day.

https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2-graphite/

I spend a couple of hundred dollars more and have USB foot pedals.

I think it is crazy for people who use keyboards all day to NOT have footpedals

https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#foot-switches

It's like driving a car. Why would you want the accelerator and brake to be finger controls? It is a joy to offload some of the repetitive motions onto my feet.

What do you use the foot pedals for?

[Zoidberg]

After much noodling about, I landed on the Kinesis Freestyle 2 for Mac some years back. Been my go-to daily driver for years. The company I work for will let me buy a new board from time to time so I'll replace it with the same model, and pass this one along to family/friends or (I think) sell here.

FWIW, there's never a usability issue, nor any fading of keys (surprisingly), though I do tend to wear a bit of the area where my hands rest. Ball of my hand? Good thing I didn't type "where my balls rest".

Very happy with it, though I hear the siren song of other & much more expensive boards from time to time.