Do you wear out your keyboards?
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
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nope. those stock Dell keyboards seem to last me forever.
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Yes, I do. I've gone through about 8 keyboards over the last 15 years or so...
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
yes ... so I buy 5 at a time[^] as they have the correct placement, the one I'm used to, of the arrow keys, insert, delete, home, page up and page down. Those keys are also the ones that tend to wear out. So you'll be right to conclude that I spend far too much time working. :doh:
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
I've only crushed HP keyboards... enter key broken, space bar... but what I've found that are wonderful keyboards are the IBM ones... they are nearly indestructable... :thumbsup: PS: in my case I never drink, eat or do anything than typing on my keyboards...
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
No, not really. I'm on my second keyboard in about 25 years, and that only because it came with the computer and was black instead of beige. I don't eat over my keyboard, try not to drink over it, and take it apart for a deep clean about once a year (if I remember). The old one was in pretty good shape when I retired it, but a few keys were blank but still working fine, where the legend had worn off. What kills keyboards? Sugary drinks, cat pee and testosterone. The first two rot PCBS, the last one cracks them.
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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How often do you clean it? You usually don't drop food, dirt and dead skin into your computer, down between the memory modules.
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I try to keep it clean. I try not to lean over the laptop while I'm eating ;). What normally starts to happen: double keystrikes, etc. I know what my normal typos are. I'm not seeing them, I'll hit an r and get a V. Alternatively, I might have a brain tumor... ;P
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Extremely cool :thumbsup:
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Extremely cool :thumbsup:
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
You realise that to operate it you require a tweed jacket, a doe-skin waistcoat, a cravat and a pocket watch?
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live
And live in Luton? :sigh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
And live in Luton? :sigh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932Got it in one! :)
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The letters 'P' 'R' 'O' and 'N' are totally worn on my keyboard, the rest of the keys seem fine though.
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Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
I type the letters off in about 18 months. I usually go to new contracts before then so I usually get new keyboards all the time. But AFAIK, they all still work. (If you know how to type)
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
I go through one about every 2 years. It's not that we pound on them or abuse them they are just junk and made to break down to keep the economy strong. (Yeah right)
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You realise that to operate it you require a tweed jacket, a doe-skin waistcoat, a cravat and a pocket watch?
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
I break them. I posted this a while back and the community thought I should be fired for damaging company equipment. :)
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So my trusty Dell XPS1530 seems to be getting cranky with its 4th keyboard. It's my main development machine, 4 yo next month, and the best thingI ever did for it was to put an SSD in it. But keyboard #5? Maybe I type to emphatically? Any of you beat your keyboards to death?
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
No, I buy high quality keyboards: daskeyboard[^] I buy the "silent" (not silent at all, but quieter than the clicky ones) professional (has letters on the keys) version. It weighs as much as a laptop and they last a looooong time.
