jordanlund@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down133file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comjordanlund@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareRand0mA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 years agoKeyboards 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
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 years agoIf you want to settle for a cheap shitty keyboard, fine. Many of us would rather invest in a nice one.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoHe means for business, I imagine.
minus-squaresebinspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYou can go to your IT department and they’ll often just give you one. Great to have around as a spare.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down13·2 years agoBut 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.
minus-squareKᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoA 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.
minus-squarestockRot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDon’t get a clicky mechanical keyboard then
minus-squarethorcik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHow 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.
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
If you want to settle for a cheap shitty keyboard, fine. Many of us would rather invest in a nice one.
He means for business, I imagine.
You can go to your IT department and they’ll often just give you one. Great to have around as a spare.
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.
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.
I mean… comfort?
Don’t get a clicky mechanical keyboard then
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.