whats a good wired keyboard for about 100$ AUD ?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:59 am

what do you think is a good wired keyboard for about 100$ AUD ?

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Sun May 20, 2007 7:22 pm

anything that has all the letters of the alphabet and numbers to!

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:13 pm

How about the one on my desk? Just convert your $100 AUD to USD, send it to me and I'll send you mine.

MisterJones · Post by **MisterJones** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:46 pm

According to google, 100 Australian dollars = 82.26 U.S. dollars.

That's quite crazy for a keyboard. I got mine for ~15 usd.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:48 am

MisterJones wrote:That's quite crazy for a keyboard. I got mine for ~15 usd.

I dunno about that. What was that company a while back, making clones of the old IBM 101 key keyboards. You know the ones built like a tank. They were charging around that amount for one.

As for cheap the local Wal-Mart has things going for around $5 USD, but have the 3 key problem.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:09 am

well, my range is anything from 200$ AUD down to 0$, im after a simple 101 US key keyboard that doesn't have the 3 key design problem.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:49 pm

any cheap keyboard with intelligent key selection.
my cheap 14 dollar logitech keyboard lets me press up to 4 keys at once, not including modifier keys.

control, shift, alt - use them and save yourself some money, hell Delete, home. insert and pgup/dn work too.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:03 pm

Just picked up this - fucking love it:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-diNovo-M ... 039&sr=1-2

Got it from this guy, super cheap, works great:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:55 am

so $34.99 bid and $14.95 shipping gets you a keyboard and leaves 60.81 aud in your pocket! that's plenty to get a lapdance at the local strip club, then come home and play with your new keyboard and self.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:57 pm

casualsax3 wrote:Just picked up this - fucking love it:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-diNovo-M ... 039&sr=1-2

Got it from this guy, super cheap, works great:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

that isn't wired, thus a useless suggestion to me.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:25 pm

why does it have to be wired?

and why do you want to throw away so much money for functionality you won't use?

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:44 pm

franpa wrote:
casualsax3 wrote:Just picked up this - fucking love it:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-diNovo-M ... 039&sr=1-2

Got it from this guy, super cheap, works great:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1
that isn't wired, thus a useless suggestion to me.

Why would you want a wired keyboard? They're just about as stupid as wired mice and corded phones.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:46 am

how often do you walk around with your keyboard?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:31 am

im not after functionality, im after quality.

and yea i don't want to waste money on getting wireless since i doubt my keyboard will EVER leave my computer desk. (i don't care about 1 extra wire going into my tower.)

edit: something like http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/produ ... NTID=10662 will do me good, but i prefer the classic key layout and not how they merged the pgup, pgdown, home, end, delete and insert keys onto the top of the numpad... recessed keys and USB would be great as well...

DOLLS (J) [!] · Post by **DOLLS (J) [!]** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:29 am

Get one of these.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:48 am

why the fuck would any person on the planet need to press more than 2 keys at ANY time on a keyboard? get a fucking controller you cheap sons of bitches!

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:54 am

get one of these

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:32 am

phOnYmIkE wrote:why the fuck would any person on the planet need to press more than 2 keys at ANY time on a keyboard? get a fucking controller you cheap sons of bitches!

To be fair, he's not a CHEAP son of a bitch if he's talking about spending a hundred bucks on a keyboard.
...
Well, unless there's like a 10:1 exchange rate between US and Australian dollars.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:39 am

funkyass wrote:get one of these

that doesn't have the design flaw that limits the majority of key combinations to a maximum 2 keys at any time?

and a gamepad is not the best for everything, else why do we play games on the computer?

edit: i don't think i want to spen 1.5k USD on a friggin optimus maximus keyboard

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:34 pm

Thats one of the ones I mentioned earlier. Fuckers are built like a tank.

DOLLS (J) [!] · Post by **DOLLS (J) [!]** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:49 pm

franpa wrote:edit: i don't think i want to spen 1.5k USD on a friggin optimus maximus keyboard

Cheap bastard...

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:01 pm

franpa wrote:
funkyass wrote:get one of
and a gamepad is not the best for everything, else why do we play games on the computer?

Because they're absurdly high-spec?

You can't successfully argue the keyboard is the best controller for ANYTHING other than text input.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:08 pm

My keyboard stays on my fucking desk too, it's just one less wire I have to deal with. Also the Dinovo has *unlimited* simultaneous key presses - it's designed for gaming and for power users.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:28 pm

The Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard is a much cheaper alternative to the diNovo. It has 18 programmable macro keys, and I believe it is corded.

Link

You should be able to get one under $100 AUD.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:56 am

The G15 dies after a month of use.

you all need to understand that this limitation that franpa is trying to cure is zonal, not keyboard wide.

in general most keyboards only support two keypress per row of letters.