Das Keyboard!

[1veedo]

I really want one of these. There are no letters on the keys -- it's just a black, blank keyboard.

 

http://www.daskeyboard.com/

 

You can buy it for 76.95usd (free shipping) here but it's not shipping till June or something. I wonder if it's really worth the price though. Besides being awesome it's supposed to have special keys -- like it would be a great keyboard even if it weren't blank.

[ecoli]

interesting... but couldn't you just as easily (and more cheaply) paint over a regular keyboard?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Regular keyboards don't have the nice mechanical switches.

 

I've typed on an IBM Model M keyboard with that design, and it's rather nice - you get a click when you press the key down the right amount, and it's very easy to type on.

[Sayonara]

interesting... but couldn't you just as easily (and more cheaply) paint over a mechanically switched keyboard?

[Pangloss]

The funny thing is, people used to HATE the "click". It was loathed almost universally back in the old IBM PS2 days. That's why it's so uncommon today.

[ecoli]

The funny thing is, people used to HATE the "click". It was loathed almost universally back in the old IBM PS2 days. That's why it's so uncommon today.

 

yeah... I could imagine that getting annoying real quick.