Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    And again, install Linux and get rid of this Microsoft bullshit

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      2 years ago

      Unfortunately, that won’t change the rise in price in new keyboards because all the companies are compelled to accommodate this change on Microsoft’s behalf.

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        Keyboards are a bundle item. Rarely buy keyboards except people in offices who want a wireless.m+k combo or foreign layout. Desktops always arrive with a keyboard. Every IT dept I ever worked in has piles of them surplus

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          If you want to settle for a cheap shitty keyboard, fine. Many of us would rather invest in a nice one.

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            You can go to your IT department and they’ll often just give you one. Great to have around as a spare.

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            But why? A cheap one does exactly the same job without the loud clicking of a mechanical one to drive your coworkers nuts.

            I was never a fan of them before, but I hate them now that I work in an open office workspace.

            • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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              2 years ago

              A bomb and a lambo do the same job too but I know which one I’d rather drive.

              Also, this doesn’t just affect work keyboards bundled with workstations, it affects the entire keyboard industry.

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              2 years ago

              How to say you don’t know anything about mechanical keyboard without saying you don’t know anything about mechanical keyboards (:

              You can get linear switches that don’t make the clicky sounds.