Over the course of the day, many people type thousands of words onto a keyboard, whether it’s one physically built into a laptop or a standalone model. Alongside the mouse, they’re the most important peripherals for modern computers and have attracted a huge following of enthusiasts looking for the best typing experience. The Verge covers them all, from Apple’s latest wireless peripherals to clacky mechanical models with custom keycaps and switches designed by enthusiasts and sold through forums.
Ryan Norbauer wanted the perfect stabilizer for his upcoming Seneca keyboard, which will start at $3,400 (not a typo). And so, armed only with impossibly high standards, an unbelievable tenacity, and a “cash bazooka,” he set out to invent it.
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Following Razer and Asus, Corsair is releasing a keyboard in the popular compact laptop-style layout, complete with a volume knob on the top right that brings to mind enthusiast keyboards like the Keychron Q1 and GMMK Pro. Hot-swap switches, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless, PBT dye-sub keycaps, and up to 266 hours of battery life round out the K65 Plus Wireless’ specs.
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Sure, other mechanical keyboards let you swap out their keycaps and switches, but what if you want to change their overall color? That’s where Drop’s CSTM65 has you covered.
I just got my copy of Shift Happens, an absurdly overengineered, utterly lovely, two-volumes-and-change book by Marcin Wichary on the history of the keyboard. It’s astonishing.
A small number of extras will be available soon.
The Verge’s Jon Porter spoke to Wichary last February just as the book’s Kickstarter launched. Check it out.
First came the KC 200. Now, Cherry is announcing its new MX 3.1 keyboard featuring its overhauled MX2A mechanical keyboard switches at CES 2024. It’ll be available to buy later this year for $129, when it’ll be joined by Cherry’s new M64 Pro Wireless and M68 Pro Wireless mice with responsive 8,000Hz polling rates and $139 price tags.
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I’ve been mechanical keyboard-curious for a long time. Not because I’ve never used one. I’m old; of course I have.
Yet I can’t get over how much I (and my wrists) love the Magic Keyboard’s low profile. That’s probably why I keep coming back to Dan Seifert’s Lofree Flow review. But it’s pricey. Then I noticed it’s $30 off right now (see screenshot below).
Guess I’m finally buying the dang thing.
Realforce keyboards — the only full-sized and tenkeyless Topre boards — are on sale at PFU America, which will no longer carry them after the end of the year. Instead it’ll focus on the iconic Happy Hacking keyboard, including the new HHKB Studio.
Realforce boards are expensive, like all Topre keyboards, without the cachet of the HHKB. They’ll still be sold in the US through mechanicalkeyboards.com, including the new R3 models.