- May 6, 2004
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i recently put up a whole new computer, a htpc / jukebox type of deal. this is going to be one hectic semester for me so gaming is out of question. but i still play some Melty Blood occasionally, wonder if anyone else plays it?
Anyway, this is the one I ended up ordering after taking a look at just about every keyboard newegg carrys. Perhaps it is a bit outdated theory dating back to mechanical types, but I heard so many good things about IBM keyboards so I really wanted to try this thing out.
Pros)
Layout is really simple and neat, none of that multimedia crappola junk. maybe there are some people out there who can appreciate that as a feature, i for one cannot tolerate having to install custom software to activate that stuff, not that i find that very useful either.
bounciness (i dunno how else to describe it) feels just right. neither too stiff nor too mushy. among other keyboards i have used, MS and logitechs were a bit on a stiff side and samsungs were mushy as hell. simply put keys are soft but they bounce back in a pleasantly rapid fashion significantly reducing strain on your fingers.
many el cheapo keyboards suffer from the keys not being recognized when pressed at the same time. i was told that this is due to inherent limitation of membrane technology which allows only up to 4-5 altogether at most. even then, there are worse brands that cant even do 3 at a time; samsungs are particularly notorious for that afak. it was hard to tell if this new ibm was better than my logitech or microsoft in that regard, but it certainly was at least as good as the other two, if not slightly better.
At first I was going to get me an Aopen KB-858 for $6.00. the only reason i steared away from it was my roomate ordered that one, and like i said above i wanted to try the ibm. but hey, you cant go wrong with $12.00 either... what is $6.00 difference to you when you have a computer that costs like x100+ of that...
last but not least, i will talk briefly on responsiveness. this new computer of mine has been up for only about two days, first day being dedicated to installing software on it. the second day was wasted with me trying to figure out the mobo problem. last nite i got real sick of troubleshooting so decided to take a lil rest from it. popped in my backup dvd and fired up Melty Blood. one change i started noticing was softer keys resulting in lesser tension in my hands, thus relatively unrestricted command input. however, what really surprised me was how much FASTER these keys would respond to input compared to my previous logitech. now i rarely mess up on supermove (300% ex) attempts. you know you really get frustrated when you see what you are supposed to do but your fingers (or the keyboard) wont obey your brain making you feel like a parkinson's disease patient.
Cons) A dust cover of some sort would have been a good idea. Once I spilt some OJ on my MS internet keyboard and i had to throw it out as salvage operation had failed. after a year or two there is so much stuff gets stuck between the keys it gets real nasty too.
To sum it up... the typing feel, which i consider of utmost importance, is very good - best i seen or used in a while. it comes sans assortment of unnecessary 'multimedia keys'. keys dont get jammed when pressed simultaneously as badly as cheaper alternatives, and are very responsive. i personally dig this look, but hey you know what they say, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Anyway, this is the one I ended up ordering after taking a look at just about every keyboard newegg carrys. Perhaps it is a bit outdated theory dating back to mechanical types, but I heard so many good things about IBM keyboards so I really wanted to try this thing out.
Pros)
Layout is really simple and neat, none of that multimedia crappola junk. maybe there are some people out there who can appreciate that as a feature, i for one cannot tolerate having to install custom software to activate that stuff, not that i find that very useful either.
bounciness (i dunno how else to describe it) feels just right. neither too stiff nor too mushy. among other keyboards i have used, MS and logitechs were a bit on a stiff side and samsungs were mushy as hell. simply put keys are soft but they bounce back in a pleasantly rapid fashion significantly reducing strain on your fingers.
many el cheapo keyboards suffer from the keys not being recognized when pressed at the same time. i was told that this is due to inherent limitation of membrane technology which allows only up to 4-5 altogether at most. even then, there are worse brands that cant even do 3 at a time; samsungs are particularly notorious for that afak. it was hard to tell if this new ibm was better than my logitech or microsoft in that regard, but it certainly was at least as good as the other two, if not slightly better.
At first I was going to get me an Aopen KB-858 for $6.00. the only reason i steared away from it was my roomate ordered that one, and like i said above i wanted to try the ibm. but hey, you cant go wrong with $12.00 either... what is $6.00 difference to you when you have a computer that costs like x100+ of that...
last but not least, i will talk briefly on responsiveness. this new computer of mine has been up for only about two days, first day being dedicated to installing software on it. the second day was wasted with me trying to figure out the mobo problem. last nite i got real sick of troubleshooting so decided to take a lil rest from it. popped in my backup dvd and fired up Melty Blood. one change i started noticing was softer keys resulting in lesser tension in my hands, thus relatively unrestricted command input. however, what really surprised me was how much FASTER these keys would respond to input compared to my previous logitech. now i rarely mess up on supermove (300% ex) attempts. you know you really get frustrated when you see what you are supposed to do but your fingers (or the keyboard) wont obey your brain making you feel like a parkinson's disease patient.
Cons) A dust cover of some sort would have been a good idea. Once I spilt some OJ on my MS internet keyboard and i had to throw it out as salvage operation had failed. after a year or two there is so much stuff gets stuck between the keys it gets real nasty too.
To sum it up... the typing feel, which i consider of utmost importance, is very good - best i seen or used in a while. it comes sans assortment of unnecessary 'multimedia keys'. keys dont get jammed when pressed simultaneously as badly as cheaper alternatives, and are very responsive. i personally dig this look, but hey you know what they say, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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