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PostPosted: 07/12/05 - 22:38    Post subject: looking for new keyboard Reply with quote

Anyone ever used any of the sunbeam keyboards?


I like this one, and the price seams fair.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823178102

but not if it falls apart in a week.

I like this IRock too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823128101


Looking for a backlit, decent, cheap (I eat at my desk a lot) keyboard, that's nice to type on, but doesnt feel like a $3 keyboard.
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PostPosted: 07/12/05 - 22:45    Post subject: Reply with quote

I only use ZBoards..../shrugs
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PostPosted: 07/12/05 - 22:48    Post subject: Reply with quote

i like the idea of a zboard, but doesnt it get annoying? are all keys still there when you plug in say BF2?
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PostPosted: 07/12/05 - 22:50    Post subject: Reply with quote

zBoard sucks balls, or at least the WoW one does. Maybe the others for other games are better, but the WoW one is dung.
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PostPosted: 07/12/05 - 23:00    Post subject: Reply with quote

do not get the irock or any other slim keyboard


you will grow to hate it ...

... a lot




i use a mac keyboard because they are really well made .. keys are nice and soft-pressing yet accurate ..


the top keyboard there looks nice
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 00:23    Post subject: Reply with quote

i use a zboard with the standard 101 key layout. or whatever it is. not the gaming keyboard. i like it because i moved my keys around dvorak style and i have the option of using gaming boards if i want to.

its a great keyboard thats not bulky or ugly like many of the keyboards out there.
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 00:43    Post subject: Reply with quote

microsoft
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 01:01    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use IBM standard keyboards.

generic as f**k, but what the hell.

Once a decent wireless keyboard and mouse comes out that will let me sit on my couch, and play games on my tv, i'll switch, until then, f**k it.
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 01:51    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use the Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite set (keyboard and mouse).

LOVE IT.
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 04:35    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175103
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 - 07:06    Post subject: Reply with quote

Docter wrote:
I only use ZBoards..../shrugs


I lubs my ZBoard =)
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 15:28    Post subject: Reply with quote

this keyboard is sweeeeeet.


http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 15:47    Post subject: Reply with quote

kireol wrote:
this keyboard is sweeeeeet.
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/



wow .. that keyboard is AMAZING


i bet it is like 10X more expensive than even my estimate though ..



.. that would be so sweet to use to go back and forth between dvorjak with ... or to program to get it to display messages and shit on the keyboard itself since you don't really need labels on the keys to type
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 16:08    Post subject: Reply with quote

Overon wrote:
kireol wrote:
this keyboard is sweeeeeet.
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/



wow .. that keyboard is AMAZING


i bet it is like 10X more expensive than even my estimate though ..



.. that would be so sweet to use to go back and forth between dvorjak with ... or to program to get it to display messages and shit on the keyboard itself since you don't really need labels on the keys to type


Holy shit that certainly is a sweet ass keyboard. I bet it is expensive as hell though.
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 16:12    Post subject: Reply with quote

Too bad it doesn't exist!
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 16:13    Post subject: Reply with quote

motherface wrote:
Too bad it doesn't exist!


Too bad you do!
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 16:16    Post subject: Reply with quote

you could even have a hotkey button that brought up a customized menu of quicklaunch buttons or actions right on the keyboard


or if you were really hardcore, program it so that when you get an IM it displays the current highlighted IM window text on the keyboard .. if it was a wireless keyboard you wouldn't even need a monitor to chat over IM


so cool...
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 16:17    Post subject: Reply with quote

motherface wrote:
Too bad it doesn't exist!


it will. it will.
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 17:37    Post subject: Reply with quote

not going to be worth it unless the OLED screens somehow drop massively in price tho. Wink
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PostPosted: 07/14/05 - 20:00    Post subject: Reply with quote

lolz


http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=GOLD-KB-CASE&cat=MOU&cpc=JAD

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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 08:27    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like my IBM 101 key layout that clicks like a mofo
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 08:44    Post subject: Reply with quote

khrath wrote:
I use IBM standard keyboards.

generic as f**k, but what the hell.

Once a decent wireless keyboard and mouse comes out that will let me sit on my couch, and play games on my tv, i'll switch, until then, f**k it.


Logitech Elite Wireless + Logitech MX1000 = best wireless keyboard / mouse on the market. Just be sure to buy some rechargable batteries for the keyboard, it'll save you money in the long run.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 08:45    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 09:25    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tend to stay away from Microsoft hardware, because after so many years they stop supporting it. Where as Logitech has always supported everything I've ever purchased from them no matter how long ago.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 10:35    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kurel wrote:
I tend to stay away from Microsoft hardware, because after so many years they stop supporting it. Where as Logitech has always supported everything I've ever purchased from them no matter how long ago.



what the hell are you talking about?


i plug a microsoft keyboard and mouse into my computer and my computer is like "Hey dudes, whats up?"



how much f*****g support do you need for that?
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 10:41    Post subject: Reply with quote

Overon wrote:
Kurel wrote:
I tend to stay away from Microsoft hardware, because after so many years they stop supporting it. Where as Logitech has always supported everything I've ever purchased from them no matter how long ago.



what the hell are you talking about?


i plug a microsoft keyboard and mouse into my computer and my computer is like "Hey dudes, whats up?"



how much f*****g support do you need for that?


2 years from now when you lose the CD that has the software needed to make all of the shortcut keys function, you'll goto MS's website and get the FAQ about why they stopped supporting your product. It happened to me when I lost the driver CD for my Thrustmaster 2 Force Feedback joystick, and went to MS's website thinking I could just download them.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 10:43    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kurel wrote:
Overon wrote:
Kurel wrote:
I tend to stay away from Microsoft hardware, because after so many years they stop supporting it. Where as Logitech has always supported everything I've ever purchased from them no matter how long ago.



what the hell are you talking about?


i plug a microsoft keyboard and mouse into my computer and my computer is like "Hey dudes, whats up?"



how much f*****g support do you need for that?


2 years from now when you lose the CD that has the software needed to make all of the shortcut keys function, you'll goto MS's website and get the FAQ about why they stopped supporting your product. It happened to me when I lost the driver CD for my Thrustmaster 2 Force Feedback joystick, and went to MS's website thinking I could just download them.


Don't try looking in the database of drivers that comes in every new version of Windows! They don't support old hardware or anything... especially their own.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 10:45    Post subject: Reply with quote

Owyyn wrote:
Kurel wrote:
Overon wrote:
Kurel wrote:
I tend to stay away from Microsoft hardware, because after so many years they stop supporting it. Where as Logitech has always supported everything I've ever purchased from them no matter how long ago.



what the hell are you talking about?


i plug a microsoft keyboard and mouse into my computer and my computer is like "Hey dudes, whats up?"



how much f*****g support do you need for that?


2 years from now when you lose the CD that has the software needed to make all of the shortcut keys function, you'll goto MS's website and get the FAQ about why they stopped supporting your product. It happened to me when I lost the driver CD for my Thrustmaster 2 Force Feedback joystick, and went to MS's website thinking I could just download them.


Don't try looking in the database of drivers that comes in every new version of Windows! They don't support old hardware or anything... especially their own.


I did, nothing. Razz
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 11:07    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kurel wrote:
khrath wrote:
I use IBM standard keyboards.

generic as f**k, but what the hell.

Once a decent wireless keyboard and mouse comes out that will let me sit on my couch, and play games on my tv, i'll switch, until then, f**k it.


Logitech Elite Wireless + Logitech MX1000 = best wireless keyboard / mouse on the market. Just be sure to buy some rechargable batteries for the keyboard, it'll save you money in the long run.


Maybe I should of phrased that differently


When a keyboard and mouse exists that will let me sit on my couch, with my pc 10 feet away, and allow me to play games without having to worry about aiming them, about stutter, or about just overall s****y connection between them, i'll get one.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 - 11:19    Post subject: Reply with quote

khrath wrote:
Kurel wrote:
khrath wrote:
I use IBM standard keyboards.

generic as f**k, but what the hell.

Once a decent wireless keyboard and mouse comes out that will let me sit on my couch, and play games on my tv, i'll switch, until then, f**k it.


Logitech Elite Wireless + Logitech MX1000 = best wireless keyboard / mouse on the market. Just be sure to buy some rechargable batteries for the keyboard, it'll save you money in the long run.


Maybe I should of phrased that differently


When a keyboard and mouse exists that will let me sit on my couch, with my pc 10 feet away, and allow me to play games without having to worry about aiming them, about stutter, or about just overall s****y connection between them, i'll get one.


I have a keyboard from an old Gateway Destination (the ones with the 36" monitors). I took it all the way down to the end of my block before it quit working. Quite amazing they are.

At my old house I had S-Video out on my video card going to an RF adapter at the main junction of the cable television for the whole house. I could play games on any TV in the house without any problems (besides the graphics looking junky over a coaxial cable). These keyboards have have an input for a mouse... so you can use any mouse you want with it.

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