Are Mechanical Keyboards a meme?

>>387468543
They exist to nickle and dime idiots. They're no more functional than a cheap piece of shit you can get for $5.

Just picked up an anne pro from flash quark. Gat reds are really smooth.

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>>387468543
Yes

Yes, but mostly because retards buy them thinking it will make them better at vidya. Reality is that they feel better to use than membrane, and if you use your PC for more than 2 hours a day it's a worthwhile expenditure.

Hell, it's not even that big of a moneysink unless you fall for the Das marketing, you can get a Tomoko board with legit cherries for about $30.

Literally the fedoras of PC gaming

They feel good and that's all that matters in life.

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>>387468543

>2017
>Mechanical switches

>>387469524
For what fucking purpose?

No, but anything less than 100% keyboards are.

>went from MX Blues to Browns to Topre Rubber Domes

Feels fantastic

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>>387468661
>mfw typing on cherry mx red switches after ditching a chiclet kb
The key travel distance alone makes them worth it

They feel better and are more durable and easier to clean out. Also I wipe my ass with that kinda money so who gives a fuck? Poor people? I wouldnt necessarily call them "people"

>>387469524
how would you know where the actuation point is?

The gaming ones, yes. Those use shitty build quality and cost about the same as the actual good ones like Filco, Vortex, etc

>>387469818
says the 10 year old with daddy's credit card

>>387469910
Filco is god tier. You would kill people with those heavy steel frames.

>>387469878
Haptic Feedback maybe?

>>387469942
Said the 25 year old Austin real estate king babbbbbby

>>387469982
I'm using a shitty logitech g810 (I deserve to be ridiculed).

I'm looking at getting a Vorte3x atm

Just got a cheap one today. Non-cherry switches but it's still a much better experience for typing than the equal-priced membrane I was using before.

Kinda loud, though.

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>>387470012
>haptic memeback

may as well just use rubber domes

>>387468543
you can get cherry switches for $30 (no LEDS, no gaymur WASD tags, no media buttons) . its worth it to have a good feeling typing experience.

and these fuckers last. membrane keyboards are so shitty.

Is Ducky a good brand?

>>387470043
you're still taking credit for your parents success

>>387470056
>logitech g810
How bad is that? I have a G910.

>>387470232

Pricey, but yes.

>>387470278
It's a lot better that the 910. The 910 has those fucking retarded keys that are shaped weird. The stems on these keycaps for omron switches are proprietary so you're stuck with them and they peel off very quickly.

>>387470232

Yes, have two.

People saying MKs suck are probably too poor to buy a good one. Once you use one you won't go back to cheap membrane kbs.

>>387470271
My mom's dead and my dad is basically homeless living on some dudes couch haven't seen him in 2 years. So wrong again. Hey, you know what they call someone who is wrong often? A dumbass. One more strike and I gotta send you back to the dugout kid.

>>387469127
>tomoko
thanks for this. Gonna pick one of these up eventually.

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>>387468543
Ya call that a meme? This is a meme

>>387470434
yeah I'm sure you invested in real estate with your hard earned money.
But what do I know that's probably true, houses in Murica are made with cardboard and spit so it's probably true.

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>>387468543
Who /membrane/ here?
The model M is so much fun to type on

>>387468661
>>387469785
>Not getting mx speeds
How pathetic

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>>387470671
We can go smaller

>>387470793
Model M is a buckling spring keyboard.
I personally use a Dell AT101W because I do actually use the windows key for some functions in linux.

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I want a keyboard that has the look of an old Windows and/or IBM keyboard, but isn't fucking huge.

The Leopold FC660C looks nice. But I'm a leaf so it'll fucking cost insane

>>387470402
So the keys falling off easy is normal? I cleaned mine just after 2 weeks because of dust and the constant fans.

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>>387470434
>>387470043

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>>387470881
The model M is still a membrane keyboard no matter what the actuating method is

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>>387468543
Yes. Capacitve switches (even rubber dome ones) are always better

>>387468543
I wondered too, until I actually got one. No sir, it is not a meme.

>>387470773
Not him but why do poor people find the idea of investments so absurd? If you have money, the best thing to spend it on is investments to make more money, not spend it on useless stuff. If you have enough to buy a new house you can buy it, rent it out, and make someone else pay its mortgage while making money on the side. Literally free cash.

>>387470773
> This much butthurt

I'm not even the Anon you're arguing with, but you really should just stop posting. This is getting embarrassing.

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>>387470919
if you're going to spend a dickton atleast get something to show for it.

>>387468543
If you're a retard, sure.

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>tfw cherry blues

>tfw your bro bought you a mech keyboard to replace the $10 piece of shit you had

>>387471170
Because poor people don't typically have a spare $30,000 lying around, and saving that much up would usually take around 10+ years of slogging with no holidays or nice things

>>387471170
>why do poor people
>if you have money
I am eternally amazed at the sheer willful ignorance of affluent people.

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>>387470671
>no numbers
>no period or any symbols other than a fucking less than sign and a comma

what the FUCK

>>387471605

That's assuming they actually can save in the first place and they're not bogged down with other debts and obligations.

>>387471361
I've seen people get pretty hard over these. Is it just the build quality and how minimalistic it is?

>>387472265
typing on it is pretty dank. It sounds like muted rain on a roof.

>>387468543
I have cherry mx greens on my keyboard, they feel pretty good.

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>>387468643

Used to have a Model M. Shit was breddy rad but very obnoxious to everyone around you.

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>>387472265
Good build quality and patrician key positioning (the backspace is in the perfect place and once you start using you won't wanna go back). It's still overpriced for what it is, but it's a bit like clothes - some brands are more expensive than others for name alone.
Cheap (but still nice) option to full Topre would be to get pic related and get vintage keycaps of your choice, which is what I've done. desu even the stock keycaps themselves have the vintage aura, just the space can be a bit annoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2nxdoARuII
I switched the dome sheet to a 55g and it's a joy to type on. I'll get an RF or HHKB soon though.

>>387470183
name of this manga?

>tfw 84-keys keyboards are the best and most underrated ones.

Why are people paying tons of money for something I picked up at a Salvation Army for $3? Are old 90's keyboards getting remade and charged out the ass for and marketed as some super slick thing that only the cool people use?

>>387472084
they're customizable/programmable retard
my brother and sisters have these

basically also makes it impossible for anyone else to use your computer because of how personalized your keyboard can be, where you can change keyboard profile, layout quickly and no one could type besides you while also being faster as you move your fingers through less space, need numpad? hold down a key and it's there, shit like that.

>>387473127

The only old keyboards worth a damn are the old Model M's, and even then there's a company in Kentucky that makes them with native USB functionality so you don't need some serial converter.

The only people buying them are /mkg/fags masturbating over muh vintage tech.

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>>387473128
>you while also being faster as you move your fingers through less space
Bitch please.

>>387468543
No. They are pretty good if you need to do a lot of typing. They usually avoid the ghosting issue with other keyboards as well, so you won't have to worry about missing inputs while typing. I guess they work for gaming too, but the differences between mechanical and non-mechanical for gaming aren't wide enough that you must invest in one. If you're on the fence, I'd only recommend switching if you have a fair amount of typing to do or just have money laying around. Just like most peripherals though, avoid the "HARDCORE GAMING" brands to save money and save yourself a headache.
You can test for ghosting yourself by holding down both shift keys on your keyboard and typing out "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG". If it doesn't come out correctly, your keyboard has ghosting.

>>387473485
Or people who want a $5 mechanical keyboard. I picked up an old g80 from goodwill and it still feels better then all the rubber dome shit, even though its almost 20 years old

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>>387473653
>so you won't have to worry about missing inputs while typing
>Mfw I own a Drevo Gramr that skips every other key and then some
It seemed so good.

>>387473958
turn on nkro dumbass

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>>387469127
tomoko

>>387473653
HE QUIC BROWN OX UMPE OVER HE Z OG - $20 Trust wireless keyboard

THE QUICK BRWN FX JUMPS VER THE LZY DOG - $40 Drevo mentioned above. But it register the O letter if I press hard enough.

>>387472932
Usagi Drop

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>>387469127
>Tomoko board with legit cherries
It has Gaote switches retard.

>>387469127
>>387468912
>>387468661
>>387468643
wut you can get mechanical keyboards on amazon for like 10-20 buckerinos

>>387473653
HE QUIK BROWN FO JUPED OER HE LA DOG
-Thinkpad 430.

>>387473653
I got "HE QUIC BEOWN OX UMP OVER HE Z OG".Thanks anon,you made me laugh.

>>387468543

They are a bit excessive but they're nice to own, that's about it. Even a cheap shitty 5-10 dollar keyboard will serve you well and last you forever. Mechanical keyboards are typically made out of nicer feeling materials and offer more variety and customization. They can feel really nice. I'd say it's similar to taking a standard decent car and adding more comfy seating to it with some extra useless flair. It doesn't make the car perform any better but some people may like the change.

Probably the best change you get on higher end keyboard is no ghosting which can make a huge difference in gaming for a few genres and titles but you will often not notice it on most things you do. You can get some rubber dome keyboards that have pretty good anti-ghosting.

I think the least meme of mechanical keyboards are the ones with analog switches. Being able to control speed of movement with a single key is pretty cool.

>>387468543
You only really need gaming keyboard and mouse if you wanna be tryhard at multiplayer games.

I'm not sure the gaming benefits are worth it, but using a mechanical keyboard with blue switches is wonderful for typing.

>>387473958
you felt for cheap chink keyboard meme
that keyboard is shit, since it has a 30ms debounce

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>>387470872
>shift
>shift
>shift
>DEJA VU

>>387474314
link it, sperg.

>>387475715
amazon.com

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>>387474625
>HE QUIK BROWN FO JUPED OER HE LA DOG

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>>387468543
No clue, I own a Compaq media keyboard and it's pretty satisfying to use. Has a nice low pitch to it's noise when I use it and the keys are responsive & have a good travel distance. Plus they're really cheap.

>>387468643
Comfort is what they offer. Which is important considering that you spend countless hours on your computer. It's like calling people retards for buying nice shoes when they could get $15 pieces of shits that just perform the bare functions of shoes

>>387475263
Mechanical keyboards aren't a gaming thing. They're used for office work as well.

>>387469281
This