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Palum

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Intrinsic said:
I needed an excuse for a new keyboard so last month or so did a pre-order for the new Keychron. We'll see how it works out, if I hate it I'll just move it to my personal PC that I barely use. The lack of 10 key may be an issue so I do some data entry on spreadsheets. Unfortunately, they don't make a Q0 or whatever it is called that matches.

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Keychron K2 HE Landing Page

Keychron specializes in designing and building high-quality keyboards and mice. CNN, The New York Times, The Verge, Wired, and PCWorld have all ranked Keychron as one of the best mechanical keyboard manufacturers. AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok also listed Keychron as the best...
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I don't know if hall effect are that great to type on? I have little need for 'competitive FPS' nonsense compared to good tactile feedback.
 
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Palum said:
I don't know if hall effect are that great to type on? I have little need for 'competitive FPS' nonsense compared to good tactile feedback.
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I honestly have no idea either and ultimately it was probably dumb for me to order it. I need a replacement work keyboard though. Maybe what I'll do is put this one on my PC and move my PC one to my work laptop since it isn't wireless and does have 10-key. Whichever Keychron version it is.
 
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moonarchia said:
Best keyboards I have ever found are the discontinued Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. Spilled some tea on mine yesterday, and found out they are no longer being made. Thankfully I had a spare in the closet. I am letting the other keyboard dry out and will plug it in again in a few days. Also bought a used one off Amazon, so we'll see what that one looks like. They last forever and a day when not spilled on, thankfully.
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Homie I have 1 in the closet and I'm pretty sure 1-2 in the outside shed collecting dust. Yours if you want to cover the shipping DM me.

Using a Keychron K4 someone recommended here and absolutely love it.
 
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Rabbit_Games

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This what I ended up going with:
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Keychron Q12 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

The Q12 is a QMK/VIA custom mechanical keyboard. It has a compact 96% layout design with a left-positioned Numpad while retaining all the essential function keys. With its full metal CNC machined body, double-gasket design, and exceptional southpaw design, the Q12 is ideal for fulfilling your...
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Only used it about a week so far (currently in Florida for family stuff and didn't bring my rig), and it's been great. I love the left-side keypad.
 
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Rabbit_Games said:
This what I ended up going with:
www.keychron.com

Keychron Q12 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

The Q12 is a QMK/VIA custom mechanical keyboard. It has a compact 96% layout design with a left-positioned Numpad while retaining all the essential function keys. With its full metal CNC machined body, double-gasket design, and exceptional southpaw design, the Q12 is ideal for fulfilling your...
www.keychron.com www.keychron.com

Only used it about a week so far (currently in Florida for family stuff and didn't bring my rig), and it's been great. I love the left-side keypad.
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Wow that looks cool. Not sure I could get used to the numbers on the left.
 
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Captain Suave

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I'd take the numbers on the left so that I don't have to take my right hand off the mouse. Interesting.
 
Lanx

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pretty much like having one of these on the side
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Kajiimagi

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Janx said:
Just figured he was left handed. Really cool that they have a keyboard layout for it (if that's its purpose).
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Left handed like a motherfucker. I even called Logitech when they released their 1st formed mouse forever ago that was right handed only and asked them could they make me one. Feel free to laugh , I now realize how stupid that was. I wanted it anyway and tried clawing it like I did my regular mouse with my left hand. It leads to a lot of discomfort so I MADE myself learn how to use it right handed (MS Solitaire is excellent for learning how to use a mouse). I can now run a mouse in both hands. Still could not use a left handed numpad.

Not tech related but biggest left handed challenge: Twisting wires. When I first got into the electrical field I would twist wires when making a joint and put the wire nut on. I had so much arm strength that the wire nut went on, and all was good. Unless you needed to take the joint apart. I stripped the fuck out of wirenuts putting them on. My boss told me and I quote 'boy you are going to have to learn how to do this right (handed) or I am going to fire your ass.' Again, feel free to laugh.
 
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Thanks for the keyboard Kajiimagi Kajiimagi ! You confused the hell out of the guys who work the front desk at the condo. They had no clue who the fuck Moonarchia was. My fault for not giving you that info, but it was a funny moment.

Episode 4 Movie GIF by Star Wars
 
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moonarchia said:
Thanks for the keyboard Kajiimagi Kajiimagi ! You confused the hell out of the guys who work the front desk at the condo. They had no clue who the fuck Moonarchia was. My fault for not giving you that info, but it was a funny moment.

Episode 4 Movie GIF by Star Wars
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Thought about putting something like 'AIDS TEST RESULTS OPEN IMMEDIATELY' on it but went with what I knew.

All good, hope you enjoy it. Sucks I only had the one. That means all the other ones went to the landfill the last time we did a cleaning. I am bad about hoarding electronic parts. One time I had a motherboard for a fucking elevator controller, and I don't remember why I had it or who gave it to me. Lol
 
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Lanx

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g502 hero died

guess theres now a g502x

somehow it's lighter, cool

they went from braided cable to ghetto rubber

button clicks will wake up the dead
 
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Lanx said:
g502 hero died

guess theres now a g502x

somehow it's lighter, cool

they went from braided cable to ghetto rubber

button clicks will wake up the dead
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I really dont get why the newer "main stream" mouses have such fucking loud clickers now. They must all be using the same distributor or something. Because yea, I can hear these newer mouses in the Office and its like theyre sitting right next to me, not the neighboring room.
 
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Daidraco said:
I really dont get why the newer "main stream" mouses have such fucking loud clickers now. They must all be using the same distributor or something. Because yea, I can hear these newer mouses in the Office and its like theyre sitting right next to me, not the neighboring room.
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you have to pay for that option lulz
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I just built the below keyboard with the below switches. I wanted to go back to a full size keyboard. Honestly the quality of the keyboard is amazing, and these switches are really great. I'm super happy with the keyboard. Amazing sound and feel. Every time I type on it I'm like this is what a keyboard is supposed to be. The 4 on the top right are kind of random keycaps for macro buttons, ones I had that fit the size of the keycap.

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Keychron Q6 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

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Intrinsic

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Keychron K2 HE is shipping. DHL says it should be here Friday but am expecting a longer delay through customs. Seems like my stuff is always held up. Will probably move it to my gaming PC since it is 10-key less and I don't think work is going to be possible without a num pad.
 
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