Why do people love the Model M? Its basically one of those 'half'mechanical

There were quite a few different versions of Model M. One of them does indeed have a rubber membrane, this is not the beloved Model M most people refer to. That one uses buckling springs instead.

>>59163692
The bucking springs go to a membrane layer

>>59163729
No?

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>>59163821
>The buckling spring switch consists of a spring and two Capacitive layers. When the spring buckles, the hammer moves striking the two capacitive membrane layers together, registering a key press.

Image related, membrane layer of a lexmark buckling model M

>>59163647

The name refers to the fact that the coil spring tensed between the keycap and a pivoting hammer buckles, i.e. kinks or collapses, at a certain point in its downward traverse, providing auditory and tactile feedback to the keyboard operator. Upon buckling, the hammer is pivoted forward by the spring and strikes an electrical contact which registers the key press. In a Model M, the electrical contact is a membrane sheet similar to that of a modern dome switch keyboard.

> is a membrane sheet similar to that of a modern dome switch

Retard cant even read.

Spring fags btfo

>>59163911
That's not the membrane that people are referring to when they complain about membrane keyboards. Plebs use "membrane" when what they're referring to is "rubber dome".

>>59163647
Most of the cost is in the plastics, not the switch

>>59163647
the IBM Model M is a spring in a barrel housing, with a hammer at the bottom that when the spring compresses to actuation point depresses the membrane. its technically inferior to the model F in terms of switch design, as that featured a capacative buckling spring switch design, but the model F has a layout thats a good bit different to modern keyboards.

its also worth bearing in mind that the quality of model M keyboads varies, earlier ones were better made, and indistrual variants are the toughest and by far the most expensive variants.