Typing on an IBM Model M Keyboard HD

This is my very first keyboard with mechanical key switches. I have to say that, coming from a rubber dome keyboard, the sound and feel of the Model M is infinitely better quality. I agree that it greatly resembles a typewriter.

This particular keyboard is the 1993 model, which I purchased at http://www.clickykeyboards.com/
Since the original Model M's are limited in stock, you should grab yours now before they all run out! Alternatively, you can buy a Customizer keyboard (the clone of the Model M's) at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html
I hear they are almost, if not just, as good.
Hope you enjoy the video :D

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[felixduhcat89]

I used to have one of these back in the 90s all the way till 2003 :? Anyway, this thing is awesome. Hold on to it :D

[sa12cuber]

@felixduhcat89

Yeah, it's an amazing keyboard! :D

It seems like you have a Unicomp now...how does it compare to the IBM?

[sam113101]

which part number ?

[sa12cuber]

@sam113101 82G2383 (Blue Label)

I'm not exactly familiar with the differences between the models, though :P

[marcossarno]

I love that sound..

[macrojd]

@BrokenHorn90 Hi BrokenHorn. It's not the time you take to press the key what make it faster, is the time you waste on other keyboards to check if you pressed the key right or not (mentally). The instant feedback and confirmation from each key is what makes it the best keyboard ever. Also the space between keys and their size is the ideal for long hours of typing. It's just perfect.

[BrokenHorn90]

@macrojd Of course, all that said, mechanical key switches are some of the _most_ comfortable things to lay your fingertips on ~o~ You can practically type for hours on end without getting as much strain as you would on most other keyboards :-)

[BrokenHorn90]

@macrojd The average space or "travel distance" from key to switch on a mechanical keyboard is ~ 3.5 to 4.0 mm; in contrast, a rubber dome keyboard is somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 mm. Scissor key switches, such as those on laptops, have travel distances typically less than 2 mm (sometimes as low as 0.5 mm). In terms of productivity, mechanical keyboards aren't the fastest to type on, especially when you consider that most people nowadays like to "bottom out" when they type.

[csx694]

@sa12cuber The differences are subtle and not much to worry about. Even the brand-new Unicomps are almost exactly the same.

[worldclasspervert]

DAT model M

[macrojd]

@bood3e the feedback provided by the keyboard increases your typing speed, that's one of the great things about the Model M

[hippiechickie18]

jizz in my pants... i want to type on this keyboard so bad :(