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The IBM Model M keyboard
Oh God, that sound...
It's like a hailstorm written by Beethoven.
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I want it.
Oh god, I love those old clicky keyboards.
I had an off-brand one a few years ago but unfortunately it had one of those big old-fashioned plugs that won't fit into any of the computers I have now so my mother made me throw it away.
y u so noisy
I think that was the other reason she made me throw it away. I drove her insane with the typing.
my keys are remarkably quieter than that (except my spacebar)
> Oh god, I love those old clicky keyboards.
This.
That said, sometimes I do want my typing to be as quiet as possible, such as when I am doing something sneakily.
^^ You probably have a different kind of keyboard, then.
The Model M is a buckling-spring keyboard, which means under each key cap is a spring that, well, buckles whenever you press a key, and makes that distinctive clicking sound.
Most keyboards today--especially in laptops and the like--forgo individual springs in favor of one large rubber pad with a little dome under each key cap. It makes them much quieter, but you lose some of the tactile feedback.
Which one is better at maintaining function over long periods of time?
I know that I've had some rubber domes stop registering signals properly. I'm not sure whether it's mechanical failure or dust/grime, but it's happened that I have to press a key really hard to get a signal out of it. Or at least, merely depressing it to get that clicking feeling doesn't work; you have to push harder.
Everybody knows that the best keyboard is the butterfly keyboard of the ThinkPad.
If you guys think that keyboard was noisy, you've obviously never heard an old manual typewriter in action.
I actually prize those old keyboards for their noises and feel; those big keys are a bit more comfortable for playing games on.
^^ I loved playing with the typewriter when I was a kid. Out of habit, I still bash my keyboard keys more forcefully than I should. Those things were damn hard to click, or it's just because I was a kid back then. I don't think I've seen an actual typewriter in the last ten years.
Our local library has typewriters.
If that was at my post: Sorry, my post was meant for the OP
^^^ They're probably just tapping random buttons.