Do you wear out your keyboards?

[OriginalGriff]

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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[TPFKAPB]

The letters 'P' 'R' 'O' and 'N' are totally worn on my keyboard, the rest of the keys seem fine though.

[charlieg]

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

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[Johnny J]

Extremely cool :thumbsup:

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[Dalek Dave]

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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[Johnny J]

Get yourself a new pair of pants...[^]

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

[Johnny J]

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

[Dalek Dave]

Got it in one! :)

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[charlieg]

lol

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

[Ennis Ray Lynch Jr]

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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[Mike Hankey]

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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[lewax00]

Luckily I have most of that! :-D (I've got a steampunk costume, been collecting various pieces about a year now)

[Slacker007]

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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[Scott Serl]

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.

[Brisingr Aerowing]

Awesome! I am going to make one when I have the time!

public class SysAdmin : Employee
{

 public override void DoWork(IWorkItem workItem)
 {
      if (workItem.User.Type == UserType.NoLearn){
         throw new NoIWillNotFixYourComputerException(new Luser(workItem.User));
      }else{
           base.DoWork(workItem);
      }
 }

}

[Brisingr Aerowing]

:laugh: Cool!

public class SysAdmin : Employee
{

 public override void DoWork(IWorkItem workItem)
 {
      if (workItem.User.Type == UserType.NoLearn){
         throw new NoIWillNotFixYourComputerException(new Luser(workItem.User));
      }else{
           base.DoWork(workItem);
      }
 }

}

[Lost User]

And a deer stalker! I can just see Sherlock Holmes sat there updating his Facebook status after he's chucked Moriarty over the Reichenbach Falls.

[Gary Wheeler]

I have the distinction of having once destroyed the keyboard for a DEC VT-100[^] terminal through, er, assertive typing.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Michael Kingsford Gray]

My (ancient) injection-moulded Hewlett-Packard keyboards are still working flawlessly since 1979! But these were/are military-grade beasts.

[Harrison Pratt]

Find an old IBM keyboard with PS2 connector, buy a PS2/UBS adapter and you have a great clickity-clickity keyboard that lasts forever. May not be so great if you don't work alone!