The Joys of Unix Keyboards

Re:The Joys of Unix Keyboards by radeklew on Monday December 30, 2019 @08:56PM (#21918375)

The way I see it, common keyboards are underpriced due to extreme competition, and top-shelf keyboards are overpriced because they're a niche market. So common keyboards aren't that bad, even if they're very cheap, but I think it's definitely worth it to spend ~$100 on a keyboard, which I think is a lot more palpable to people whose job involves typing.

I'm going to make up some arbitrary numbers, hopefully they'll make it more clear. I use a Planck, which cost about $110. Looking at Amazon, I found an alright-looking Logitech for ~$15.

Is typing on the Planck 7x better? Probably not. Is it 2x more enjoyable? I'd say so! Unfortunately, there are no $30 keyboards that are as good, but I'm fine with paying the big premium because the cheap version is already so cheap.

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Re:The Joys of Unix Keyboards by LudwigNagasena on Monday December 30, 2019 @09:16PM (#21918470)

It doesn’t matter per se that it isn’t 7x better. What matters is that there is nothing else that would improve your experience more for extra $95 you spent on your keyboard.

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Re:The Joys of Unix Keyboards by j74k on Monday December 30, 2019 @11:16PM (#21918909)

Bloomberg keyboards have no competition, but I understand that enormous energies are expended on their design.

I order HPE workstations for the front desk, because they invest in the thermal fluid dynamics and sound energy diffusion of their cases. The default benefits are tangible.

Keyboard quality is a factor more when it is the standard you encounter. High quality consistent keyboard experiences would be significant in broad effect, at least I'm convinced that would be the case.

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