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Mechanical Keyboards

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[–] veam 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The only thing I notice in gaming keyboard marketing, that’s not generally in regular keyboard marketing, is polling rate. That’s basically it imo.

I have a few Keychrons as well, I really enjoy their new QMK stuff as well. I really want one of their Alice boards but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have two of the Feker Alice 80s (one for home and one for work) and they’re solid. Here’s one of mine with the Elvish keycap set from Drop:

Here’s one of them with the Drop Elvish keycap set.

[–] veam 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are those QMK/VIA compatible?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think so, but it does have a toggle for windows or Mac layout. There are a bunch of lighting settings in the keyboard itself.

[–] o_oli 1 points 1 year ago

The type of switch used would be differently considered and marketed for a gaming keyboard too. Doesn't really make a ton of difference if you can customise it though but generally speaking there are switches that lean more into gaming than general use.