coolest keyboard ever !

Col · Post by **Col** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:35 pm

Terotrous wrote:Am I the only one who came into this topic expecting the "Optimus" keyboard to transform in some way?

Yeah, me too.

Turi · Post by **Turi** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:06 pm

BookOfEwan wrote:THAT.... IS.... SO.... DAMN.....AWESOME!!

But does this mean that any new game or program is going to have to take this into account and make pictures, or will they be downloaded, or will any body using it only be allowed to play Quake for eternity?

The mac version will probably just use InputSprocket. It's there already.

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:23 pm

You can probably just assign whatever images you want.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:48 pm

Turi wrote:
BookOfEwan wrote:THAT.... IS.... SO.... DAMN.....AWESOME!!

But does this mean that any new game or program is going to have to take this into account and make pictures, or will they be downloaded, or will any body using it only be allowed to play Quake for eternity?
The mac version will probably just use InputSprocket. It's there already.

The mac version probably only has one button - a big apple.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:06 am

christwriter wrote:The only thing I need to know is if it switches over to the Dvorak layout. I've been trying to learn that for YEARS (It's nicer on my hands, and as this is quickly becoming a problem, I probably should learn how to use it) and keep getting tripped up by the fact that the QWERTY keyboard STAYS QWERTY even when it's switched to Dvorak...

Eh?
Just pull the keys out and rearrange them. 'Swhat my brother did - messed me up every time I tried to use his computer, too. =/

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:41 pm

Pimpette wrote:
christwriter wrote:The only thing I need to know is if it switches over to the Dvorak layout. I've been trying to learn that for YEARS (It's nicer on my hands, and as this is quickly becoming a problem, I probably should learn how to use it) and keep getting tripped up by the fact that the QWERTY keyboard STAYS QWERTY even when it's switched to Dvorak...
Eh?
Just pull the keys out and rearrange them. 'Swhat my brother did - messed me up every time I tried to use his computer, too. =/

I think that only works on some keyboards I believe--typically newer ones.

Thievery · Post by **Thievery** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:45 pm

Looks cool, yeah, but I bet you ten bucks that you could buy another computer with the money that you use to buy the keyboard.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:48 pm

thievery wrote:Looks cool, yeah, but I bet you ten bucks that you could buy another computer with the money that you use to buy the keyboard.

yeah.. but that new computer would still have a plain ole boring keyboard...

Thievery · Post by **Thievery** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:50 pm

Granted, but now you'd have two computers!

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:55 pm

thievery wrote:Granted, but now you'd have two computers!

and still no awesome keyboard...

Thievery · Post by **Thievery** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:02 pm

If I had an awesome keyboard ( read 'ridiculously complicated' ) I'd probably never learn how to configure it. Like the Optimus (or something) keyboard. Looks cool that it can change to different languages, but I bet it's a pain in the butt to configure.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:11 pm

thievery wrote:If I had an awesome keyboard ( read 'ridiculously complicated' ) I'd probably never learn how to configure it. Like the Optimus (or something) keyboard. Looks cool that it can change to different languages, but I bet it's a pain in the butt to configure.

okay okay.. you don't like the keyboard.. jeez.. you could have set that at the start of all this... saved me all this needless postwhoring....

actually.. forget that.. thanks for the opportunity to postwhore.

Thievery · Post by **Thievery** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:29 pm

Said that at the start? Hah! Never!

You're welcome.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:33 pm

After seeing that keybored, I think I'm actually a Technophiliac!

It's... so.. PRETTY!

Turi · Post by **Turi** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:47 am

I read that as "technophallic"

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:09 am

Turi wrote:I read that as "technophallic"

you know there are enough jokes with technophiliac that a misinterpretation is unnecessary...

War · Post by **War** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:10 am

The other thing I should point out if that the keyboard does have a limited lifespan. OLEDs only have a stable life of about 10,000 hours. Which isn't very long. I can vouch for OLEDs dying, I had to switch back to an old phone of mine, and it's very clear that the screen is dying, not from damage, but just from old age.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:23 am

War wrote:The other thing I should point out if that the keyboard does have a limited lifespan. OLEDs only have a stable life of about 10,000 hours. Which isn't very long. I can vouch for OLEDs dying, I had to switch back to an old phone of mine, and it's very clear that the screen is dying, not from damage, but just from old age.

they just don't build things to last anymore...

BookOfEwan · Post by **BookOfEwan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:41 am

legostargalactica wrote:
War wrote:The other thing I should point out if that the keyboard does have a limited lifespan. OLEDs only have a stable life of about 10,000 hours. Which isn't very long. I can vouch for OLEDs dying, I had to switch back to an old phone of mine, and it's very clear that the screen is dying, not from damage, but just from old age.
they just don't build things to last anymore...

It doesn't pay to...

I Wanna live in a stone house...

Foorley · Post by **Foorley** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:44 am

Does anything last forever?