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Good keyboards, recommendations.

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MyonMyon:
Definitely get a mechanical keyboard. People who havent used one for a longer period (aka have only tried one at a friend's place etc) might be sceptical, but the truth is, every one of my friends who got one would never go back to non mechanical. It's just that much better.

I myself have a year of experience with cherry mx red switches and i love them. At first they felt "slippery" because they are really light, but after i got used to them, i can now do everything a lot faster. They are excellent for games which require fast key action. My skill in StepMania, a GH-type pc rhythm game, increased dramatically after getting a mechanical keyboard.

Filco's keyboards are pretty good, but expensive as ****. Id recommend Qpad MK-50. It has the same layout and specs but only costs £57 in ebay, compared to the £100 filco. That's the one i have myself and i can recommend it. The only downside i have found to the red swithches is that as i write faster, i seem to make more typos, though that might be only me.

Tiffanys:
I don't use mechanical keyboards, not because I don't see how "super wonderful and superior" their responsiveness and sheer typing abilities are. You see, the problem is... they don't have macro keys, or even multimedia hotkeys. They're rather useless to me personally. That's like downgrading back to the late 90's era style keyboards. Not having the extra functions would be too horrific for me.

It's like imagining having a simple 2 button mouse that the only extra feature is a scroll wheel. There's no way I could go back to that either.

With that said, not all mechanical keyboards lack macro keys and multimedia hotkeys, just most. This one for instance has both: http://www.corsair.com/gaming-peripherals/gaming-keyboards/vengeance-k90-performance-mmo-mechanical-gaming-keyboard.html

It's quite similar to my Logitech G11, but it's mechanical. Unfortunately, I learned with this G11 that macro keys to the left of the caps lock key are all but completely useless in gaming and only serve a purpose as extra keys to go to folders or spam messages in games and such. That's why the Anansi would be my first choice, the macro keys under the spacebar. The only place they'd actually be usable for me.

This one has macro keys as well, still in unusable placement: http://usa.ttesports.com/products/product.aspx?p=47&g=ftr

This one can use software to change any of the keys to macro keys (but it doesn't have any actual dedicated macro keys): http://www.corporate.qpad.se/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=11

Another with some dedicated macro keys: http://www.razerzone.com/ca-en/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-blackwidow-2013

There's probably more out there. But I haven't seen any other keyboards with macro keys in a location like the Anansi. If there were any mechanicals that did, I'd probably suggest that one.

nstgc:
I'd definately go with the Cherry MX keyboards. I have one, and I hate typing on anything else (brown by the way). As Tiff Says tough, no macros on most. I would stay away from the Black Widow as I've heard the construction quality is poor. Don't know about any others, nor do I know about getting Norwegian keycaps (though I can say that they are easy to replace if you find some).

metro.:
I have a G15, and I really like it. My roommate has a mechanical keyboard skinned from team liquid, and he loves his. If you're looking for longevity mechanical is the way to go. However if you have wafer thin walls like we do, it will annoy the fuck out of the person next to you until they get used to the CLACKCLACKCLACK sound.

nstgc:
But I like that clack clack sound.

Even the "silent" mechanical keyboards are louder than non-mechanical keyboards.

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