Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The 25 Coolest (and Most Unconventional) Keyboards

Frogpad USB / Bluetooth
Handykey Twiddler

Deskthority Wiki
Topre switch (Capacitive), Topre Type Heaven, Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL (CM Nova Touch, Hybrid Capacitive Switch)
HHKB Professional Happy Hacking Fujitsu
Keyboard profile Cherry (Cherry Keyboard, similar to SP (Signature Plastics) Profile), OEM (DasKeyboard and others)
Alps SKCL/SKCM series  Apple Extended Keyboard
Keyboards with Alps SKBL/SKBM switches
Matias mini tactile pro

Das Keyboard - mechanical keyboard with cherry switch, DasKeyboard

List of Wireless Mechanical Keyboards
Mitias Secure Pro wireless compact 80%
XArmor U9W 2.4 GHz RF Wireless quiet switches

鍵談坊 KBTalKing

Keycap construction: ABS, PBT, POM

Pointing Stick
Unicomp Endurapro
Access Keyboards ATB422/423 Keyboards with USB interface pointing device

Mechanical Keyboard Guide
Five Mechanical-Switch Keyboards: Only The Best For Your Hands
Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid CM green switches, more actuation and bottom-out force
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Meka G1Rosewill RK-9000V2 BL, black is heavier than red for linear, quieter
Corsair Cherry MX Silent

Cherry official site for key switches (silent red, silver, RGB clear)
Cherry Green Switches - tactile feedback (green, blue, brown), clicky (green, blue)
Cherry MX
switch type
FeedbackClickyActuation
force
Bottom-out
force
RedLinearNo45 g60 g
BrownTactileNo45 g60 g
BlueTactileYes50 g65 g
BlackLinearNo60 g80 g
GreenTactileYes80 g105 g

red

black

brown

blue

white

Kailh switches 凯华电子 (clone)
Razer mechanical switches Green (cherry blue), Orange (cherry red)

Microsoft Wedge Keyboard
Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid
Apple Wireless Keyboard Layout
dim bright overlap tile key key rewind play ff mute quiet loud eject/power


Apple Macbook Keyboard Layout

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