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What the hell is a 98% keyboard lol? Like just missing a single key?
The number is not precise, but yeah kinda. Usually they’re missing about 4-6 keys, and you’ll also hear “96%” thrown around. There’s a subset of them called the “1800” style after a board from the late 80s that pioneered the idea.
What they all share is retaining the numpad and almost all the other keys, but resizing and shuffling them around a bit so they fit in a narrower width, originally a drawer in a server rack.
Aaaaand this bears some looking into!! 🐻
QK100 if you can figure out how to get one without getting Trumped in the ass by tariffs.
I love it. Why the hell can’t it have a knob?
There's always the Boston...
I think those keycap colors just gave me an aneurism. Otherwise it looks super cool!
I LOVE my keychron Q1, so whatever the full size version of that is would be my recommendation
Agreed, my 2 Qs are beasts, and I love them. NGL though, I hate that the Alice doesn't have a knob.
Anything less than full size/tkl and the keys they cut always end up annoying me.
I have a keychron K8 pro at work and a WASD code at home. I just learned that wasd went out of business the other day and now I’m very sad :( I’ve had my code for over 10 years and I have 0 plans on getting rid of it.
You're kidding me. I've gone through so many mechanical keyboards, even really fancy ones like the CTRL and similar ones from Mass Drop and always come back to my WASD. It was my first and favorite. I guess there's still Leopold.
All those fancy drops always seem to be TKLs which just drives me up a wall. I want my numpad. Why is everyone so butthurt about numpads lately?
I've got one of the SHIFT ones. Unironically DM me if you're interested in buying it. It isn't full size, it drops the nav cluster but keeps the numpad and arrows.
Why don’t you want it?
I have new expensive hobbies and I'm considering selling things from my old expensive hobbies lmao.
Oh come on, now you gotta tell me what the new hobbies are
Ham radio lol.
Well I did the math before buying anything. A thank mighty Cthulhu I did, because I need everything I’ve got for the downpayment on my first house in a couple months. So sadly, I will have to pass
Nice. Market is ass right now, but it's always gonna be better to pour your money into a thirty year hole than a bottomless pit with renting. 💜
A (small) 3BR in northern Maine with 10 acres for $150k. I’m thinking I did ok!
Yeah, I had never heard of WASD until this very moment. Except for the acronym.
Check ZSA website for ergo or checkout Nuphy website for traditional mechanical slim ones. Or checkout WASD keyboards for custom.
WASD is dead. ZSA and Nuphy seem to be fine.
Wouw, I am getting old....
what about a Monsgeek?
I had SUCH a horrible experience with my M2 and that company that I could not in good conscience ever purchase from them again. And I can't even customize the keys because they don't make a frigging JSON for the M2, because F me I guess? And it's still kind glitchy, even after I finally got it into an acceptable configuration.
Apart from the board itself, how do you like the G20 caps? I have a hard time imagining how laptop-flat with full travel would feel.
I shared your concerns, but I’m an Alien freak, and no price was too high for me to own these. And I turned out to really like the typing experience. Obviously different than my usual SA, but I like to mix things up, and these are super fun. The matte finish on Signature Plastics’ G20 and SA-P keycaps is positively luxurious.
Could probably throw in the keychron v5/v6 (pro). They're very similar to the q line boards, but cheaper
I feel like Keychrons don't have enough fun stuff. I like the LCD on the S98. And I definitely want a knob.
The LCD is nice to have for sure. The v series does have a knob, or the option for it for sure. I just like that keychron does qmk firmware, and figured the v series was in that low to mid price you mentioned
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