TeeJayHoward
Limpness Supreme
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- Feb 8, 2005
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I want the numpad.
I don't want any media functions. If they come on the keyboard, they must be able to be disabled.
I need the Windows key.
I want arrow keys and Ins/Home/PgUp/Del/End/PgDn in the standard location.
ANSI preferred, ISO OK.
I want HEAVY. Steel base self defense heavy. Strong preference for something over 4lbs, but I've not found anything that heavy yet.
USB AND Bluetooth preferred. USB mandatory.
No hub required, but welcome if it comes with it.
I'd like lights for Caps lock, num lock, etc. Preferably on the keys.
Backlit. Preferably white. Not really required, but strongly desired.
Browns preferred. Blues second choice.
Of a high enough quality that I can expect decades of use out of it.
That whole "Full N-key rollover" thing that lets me hit half a dozen keys simultaneously without the keyboard freaking out.
Detachable USB cable.
I do NOT want a wide surround on the keyboard. No handrest, no long plastic extensions on top of the keyboard, nothing. I want it to end within half an inch of the keys.
Except, you know, with the numpad and all that.
So, does what I want exist? A HEAVY slim mechanical keyboard with no fancy bits?
edit: I found a pic of the kind of keyboard I want. THIS:
Except with plain ol' black keycaps. And a heck of a lot heavier than the 2.6lbs this one is.
edit2: I just found out about front-printed keycaps. Anyone make laser-etched front-printed solid black keycaps that allow the LED from backlighting to come through the front-printed letters?
I don't want any media functions. If they come on the keyboard, they must be able to be disabled.
I need the Windows key.
I want arrow keys and Ins/Home/PgUp/Del/End/PgDn in the standard location.
ANSI preferred, ISO OK.
I want HEAVY. Steel base self defense heavy. Strong preference for something over 4lbs, but I've not found anything that heavy yet.
USB AND Bluetooth preferred. USB mandatory.
No hub required, but welcome if it comes with it.
I'd like lights for Caps lock, num lock, etc. Preferably on the keys.
Backlit. Preferably white. Not really required, but strongly desired.
Browns preferred. Blues second choice.
Of a high enough quality that I can expect decades of use out of it.
That whole "Full N-key rollover" thing that lets me hit half a dozen keys simultaneously without the keyboard freaking out.
Detachable USB cable.
I do NOT want a wide surround on the keyboard. No handrest, no long plastic extensions on top of the keyboard, nothing. I want it to end within half an inch of the keys.
Except, you know, with the numpad and all that.
So, does what I want exist? A HEAVY slim mechanical keyboard with no fancy bits?
edit: I found a pic of the kind of keyboard I want. THIS:
Except with plain ol' black keycaps. And a heck of a lot heavier than the 2.6lbs this one is.
edit2: I just found out about front-printed keycaps. Anyone make laser-etched front-printed solid black keycaps that allow the LED from backlighting to come through the front-printed letters?
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