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Re:CEOs Want Their Offices Back by Declanomous on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:00AM (#14394103)
Pretty much every mechanical keyboard will be loud. I use a board with Cherry Red switches at work, and while it's much quieter than my board with Cherry Blue switches that I use at home, it is still louder than the rubber dome keyboard it replaced.

It doesn't bother my coworkers, but I also have an actual cube, so there's at least a little bit of fabric-covered foam inbetween us.

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Re:CEOs Want Their Offices Back by nsxwolf on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:13AM (#14394230)
If someone is complaining about Cherry Reds, I think they're asking for too much. Perhaps they should look for work in the library sciences.
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Re:CEOs Want Their Offices Back by _jal on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:36AM (#14394417)
Heh. I had a former cow-orker who hated by Topre board. I told him if he'd (a) keep his computer volume off and (b) not hold impromptu, non-work meetings as his desk at bar-volumes, I'd try to use a crappy board for him.

He was offended. I kept my board.

Again, the root problem is the veal-fattening pens.

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Re:CEOs Want Their Offices Back by abritinthebay on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:59PM (#14395155)
Cherry Reds are quiet for mechanical keyboards but they're still louder than most decent non-mechanical.

Also way louder than a MBP keyboard, for example.

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Re:CEOs Want Their Offices Back by kps on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:03PM (#14396082) 

  > they're still louder than most decent non-mechanical.
They're louder than all decent non-mechanical. They're also quieter than all decent non-mechanical.
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