Das Keyboard

[Mark Snow]

So, I got the clicky professional version (with the labels). The reason being that prior to watching Linus and moreover Slick since he seems to drool over good keyboards I truthfully had no idea that a really good keyboard could make a big difference. I've found that this thing makes me type like a beast, just because the way that I type is very feedback based, and so I know about 90% of the time if I've made a mistake due to the fact that I usually miss a key or something. I'm a programmer and as a result of that I'm generally not required to type a huge quantity of characters or be particularly good at it (there really aren't THAT many characters in a typical file in a program, its more thought than code). Since I don't game (I'm very much one of those "Professional" people, my system is for work but I like it ;)) I never cared that much about the keyboard.

While in particular watching the live streams I saw the Ducky keyboard and thought "how cool" then did some other research into it and decided that I didn't want a ducky keyboard (I couldn't find one that had the number pad, since I use that all the time, required to) and I don't care about it having a million and one lights on it, and doing research into the company that makes the Das Keyboard and all the colored switches and what have you that that's what I would get (Cherry MX Blue switches). I could not be happier. I think that Linus should do more videos on the real difference between mechanical and membrane keyboards because it could (and does) make a HUGE difference, and I can guarantee most people don't know about it (the people that I work with, the people that write the software that you use, had no idea).

Sorry for the rambling, this keyboard is a bit more elevated than my previous one and so I have to position my left (primary) arm a bit differently which causes me to have to take breaks for the first couple of days using this. Standard with a new keyboard with this pathetically small desk.

[Helltech]

You can easily get Ducky's with a numberpad, most have one actually.

[mgsstar]

Ducky Shine II, Ducky DK2108 Zero Series, Ducky DK9008G2 PRO, Ducky DK9008G2, Ducky DK1008, and the Ducky DK9000G2 all have numpads integrated into the keyboard.

[Mark Snow]

Thanks, but while I am aware that that is the case, what I meant to say was (I had just woken up, I got woken up by the doorbell) that I could not find one that is purchaseable from a place that I trust AND have mx blues. I'm sure that I could have asked around here for a suitable website to purchase from, but I am very particular and I really only like purchasing from newegg (although I would trust and check NCIX, I don't have an account yet and afaik they don't have a mobile app and when your keyboard breaks you want the easiest way to purchase one as possible) and very very very rarely Amazon.